[CentOS] install LAMP

Hiep Nguyen hiep at ee.ucr.edu
Mon Mar 3 14:37:11 UTC 2008


On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Matt Shields wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Hiep Nguyen <hiep at ee.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Matt Shields wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Hiep Nguyen <hiep at ee.ucr.edu> wrote:
>> >> hi all,
>> >>
>> >>  i'm not an expert on linux/centos, but i play with it and have a general
>> >>  idea.  it's time for me to setup a centos box for development.  i rarely
>> >>  install anything from source, except a few times in college when i have to
>> >>  modify kernel for OS project.  but i guess i can learn now.
>> >>
>> >>  i just installed centos 5 with minimal installation.  next step is to
>> >>  install LAMP w/ SSL.
>> >>
>> >>  i found http://lamphowto.com/lampssl.html, but i have questions before i
>> >>  proceed.
>> >>
>> >>  is it better to install from source or rpm?  how easy it is to
>> >>  upgrade/update if install from source?  it seems so much easy to
>> >>  upgrade/update from rpm, well b/c i'm always do this way.
>> >>
>> >>  is there any other instruction (beside the one mentioned above) to install
>> >>  LAMP w/ SSL?
>> >>
>> >>  appreciate your help/suggestion
>> >>  t. hiep
>> >
>> > It's better to stick to the RPMs to make it easier to upgrade.  If you
>> > want an easy way to install LAMP you can run 2 commands
>> >
>> > yum -y groupinstall "Web Server"
>> > yum -y install mysql-server php-mysql
>> >
>> > This will get Apache, MySQL, and PHP all installed.
>>
>>  is this include SSL???
>>
>
> Learn Yum, it's your friend.  If you don't know how to use it just
> type "yum" and it will give you a list of options.  See how I used
> "yum groupinfo" on the "Web Server" group.  One of the default
> packages is mod_ssl.
>
> [root at admin ~]# yum groupinfo "Web Server"
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Group Process
> Setting up repositories
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> centosplus                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> comps.xml                 100% |=========================| 912 kB    00:02
> yumgroups.xml             100% |=========================| 9.7 kB    00:00
>
> Group: Web Server
> Description: These tools allow you to run a Web server on the system.
> Mandatory Packages:
>   httpd
> Default Packages:
>   tux
>   mod_python
>   mod_ssl
>   distcache
>   webalizer
>   php-ldap
>   squid
>   mod_perl
>   crypto-utils
>   httpd-manual
>   php
> Optional Packages:
>   php-odbc
>   tomcat5-admin-webapps
>   php-pear
>   mod_auth_kerb
>   httpd-suexec
>   tomcat5-webapps
>   mod_nss
>   mod_auth_pgsql
>   mod_auth_mysql
>   mod_authz_ldap
>   tomcat5
>   php-mysql
>   php-pgsql
>
thanks,
t. hiep



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