On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 04:39:00PM -0000, Nigel Kendrick enlightened us: > -----Original Message----- > > Tom Diehl wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Todd Cary wrote: > > > >> My version of Centos (4.4) comes with php 4.3.9. Since I run > >> Interbase on the server, I need to recompile the php with Interbase. > >> The only php I have found is 4.4 which I have downloaded and untarred > >> as well as configuring it with Interbase, doing the make and make > >> install. > >> > >> Where I am lost is on having Apache (httpd) use it rather than the > >> 4.3.9 ( http://209.204.172.137:82/testphp.php ). > >> > >> When I do the make install, where does it go? > > > > Why not save yourself a ton of grief and rebuild the .srpm that came with > > your version of CentOS? > > > > Regards, > > > > This is strange as I have downloaded PHP 4.4.x from PHP.net and recompiled > it on about 5 CentOS 4.4. boxes without problems - once I had all the > dependencies sorted :-) - I've got it down to about a 10 minute job now. > Assuming by "downloaded from PHP.net" you mean you got the tarball and did it, congratulations, you just ruined the entire point of a Package-Managed system. See http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls for why you shouldn't do that. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263