Hi!
Recently, I had purchased a server from Godaddy with a bunch of software installed but, of course, nothing you get is perfect, thats why I ended up at this spot.
Currently PHP version 5.1.6 is installed and running nicely, except without the mycrypt extension. I followed a tutorial that at the end bits of it required me to recompile the source code after I run the Configuration Command. The problem is, I could not for the love of God find where the source code is on the server! And I could not find it at the most usual places (/usr/src/) or anywhere else (or may be I just didn't look right? any suggestions would be appreciated.). So I decided since it is a pretty new machine, might as well upgrade the stuff on it!
I have dealt with adding extensions, libraries, packages so I have some OK background on installing stuff (though I still consider myself novice). Some folks were mentioning something about Apache when upgrading from older PHP versions, I'm not quite sure how that will help but the server has Apache 2.0 installed. I have access as root.
Questions I have:
1- What files do I need to back up before I compile (I'm guessing configure, make and make install) the new PHP version's source code?
2- Is that the right way of installing it or should I follow a different procedure?
3- Should I go through all of that trouble when all I really need is to add a quarter length of a line to the Configure Command? Or, is there any other way than having to recompile the source code?
Any feedback will be much appreciated,
T
Recently, I had purchased a server from Godaddy with a bunch of software installed but, of course, nothing you get is perfect, thats why I ended up at this spot.
Currently PHP version 5.1.6 is installed and running nicely, except without the mycrypt extension. I followed a tutorial that at the end bits of it required me to recompile the source code after I run the Configuration Command. The problem is, I could not for the love of God find where the source code is on the server! And I could not find it at the most usual places (/usr/src/) or anywhere else (or may be I just didn't look right? any suggestions would be appreciated.). So I decided since it is a pretty new machine, might as well upgrade the stuff on it!
I have dealt with adding extensions, libraries, packages so I have some OK background on installing stuff (though I still consider myself novice). Some folks were mentioning something about Apache when upgrading from older PHP versions, I'm not quite sure how that will help but the server has Apache 2.0 installed. I have access as root.
Questions I have:
1- What files do I need to back up before I compile (I'm guessing configure, make and make install) the new PHP version's source code?
2- Is that the right way of installing it or should I follow a different procedure?
3- Should I go through all of that trouble when all I really need is to add a quarter length of a line to the Configure Command? Or, is there any other way than having to recompile the source code?
Any feedback will be much appreciated,
T
