which apache / php things to install?

P.U.Kruppa root at pukruppa.de
Wed Aug 10 04:55:45 GMT 2005


On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, bob self wrote:

> I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE and am installing a few applications. I 
> need apache with php, but I see many php-related packages (with portupgrade 
> -v php5-\*). So then I tried portupgrade -v php5, but now it wants to know 
> whether I want to use apache2 instead of apache 1.3. I've been using 1.3 on 
> another machine with no problems. Is 2 now ok to use? I saw in /usr/ports 
> that there is apache2, apache20, apache21. Which one of these should I 
> install if I use apache2? What about the other php installation questions 
> (debug and zend multibyte support)?
>From your questions I assume you want to run a small webserver 
for private/testing/experimenting purposes. apache21 is still 
beta but will do fine for you. You will have to enable apache2 
support in php5 then.
Everything else can be left with the default options.
Don't forget to add
 	apache2_enable="YES"
to your /etc/rc.conf :-)

Regards,

Uli.




>
> thanks,
> bob
>
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