oops, forgot to reply all you can install apt-get on Red Hat.  you can also use yum.  Yum should be there at install.  apt-get takes a little work but it's not bad. Craig <div>On 9/11/07, Ex Fed <<a href="mailto:exfed@hotmail.com">exfed@hotmail.com </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Tom:   I know I don't want to build all that either because I want it to be updated in case of future security updates.  If it is a custom build won't that cause issues with automatic updates in the future?   If I had debian or ubuntu could i just do apt-get like in this howto.   <a href="http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server </a>   I have Redhat 4 AS.   Does debian or ubuntu get updates any faster than up2date with Redhat?    LD > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:08:52 -0400 > From: <a href="mailto:thruska@cubiclesoft.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">thruska@cubiclesoft.com</a> > To: <a href="mailto:exfed@hotmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> exfed@hotmail.com</a> > CC: <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > Subject: Re: [GLLUG] LAMP > > Ex Fed wrote: > > I'd like to build the latest APache, MYSQL and PHP 5.23. > > > > Does anybody out there have a generic guide on how to do that? Or know of one on the web? > > > > I had problems with the configure command for PHP. PHP does not come prebuilt with MYSQL support any more, so better late then never to build it myself. > > > > > > LD > > To build MySQL support into PHP requires MySQL to have been previously > compiled. To build PHP support into Apache requires PHP to have been > previously compiled. So your build order should be: > > MySQL > PHP > Apache > > There should be configuration options you can set to enable MySQL in PHP > and the PHP module in Apache. > > I've built all three under Windows and, well, it is really hard (not to > mention, consumed a ton of hard drive space). Linux will be *MUCH* > simpler to compile those under (they are native to that environment anyway). > > > I know someone who re-built everything (from the Linux kernel to all > their applications) once to optimize performance for their hardware. It > took about 4 days of non-stop compiling and linking. They did notice a > speed improvement but I don't know if it was worth being without a > computer for four days. > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > <a href="http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/</a> > <hr>Gear up for Halo® 3 and get a $25 Best Buy gift card. It's our way of saying thanks for using Windows Live™. <a href="http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Get it now!</a></div> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>