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