[TriLUG] How to install package(PHP) wrapped in tar ball file?

Daniel Zhang zhang at clinicaltools.com
Wed Sep 12 14:48:59 EDT 2007


Thanks all of you for replying.

Daniel

On 9/12/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> gunzip targooky.tar.gz
> tar -xvf targooky.tar
>
> mv daphpapp /var/www/html
>
> Dat's about it. Easy stuff. (you might have yo html dir somewhar else)
>
> Then you hit it via the web: http://localhost/daphpapp and normally it
> loads
> up its index.php and vectors to a setup.php or what have you. Might need a
> few
> chmod +w config
> or other permission changes to let it run its course.
> Maybe a
> /etc/init.d/mysqld start
> /etc/init.d/postgresql start
> or what have you to fire up dem databasers.
>
> Clear as mud?
>
> Best,
> TimJowers
>
>
> On 9/12/07, Jeffery Painter <jeff_painter at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ummm... php is a scripting language. no compile should be necessary
> unless
> > it needs additional libraries (google for pear if you need those)...
> > index.php should load if your web server is configured appropriately for
> > php
> >
> > --
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > > I have no experience to install PHP package before. So I have no idea
> > what
> > > information the index.php page provides. My original thought is to use
> > > "find
> > > ./ -name make" to find the make file then use make build the package.
> > But
> > > maybe there is a better way?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/12/07, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Try unzipping to a web enabled folder and looking for an
> index.phppage.
> > >>
> > >> Daniel Zhang wrote:
> > >> > The question is if there are no README or any
> documents/instructions
> > >> for
> > >> > installation in the downloaded tar file, how can you install it?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> >
> > >> > Daniel
> > >> >
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