Re: how to upgrade php in linux

hai bavitra i have read the article from this site http://www.web-tech-india.com/articles/php/compiling_php_apache/ but actually the thing is it is not working for me.. it is giving me some error like this checking for gcc ---no checking for cc--no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH.. this tells me that the i am missing the cross compiler from my machine but i dont have an idea from where can i get this.. Chaitanya On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Bavithra R <bavithra.r@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i have downloaded the tar file from php.net but dont know how to >> complile >> the same for the linux. >> >> Hi Chaitanya >> >> >> As you have downloaded the tar file you need to extract it. >> > Try this > * Extraction: * tar -jxvf php-5.3.2.tar.bz2 > where php-5.3.2.tar.bz2 is the filename you downloaded. > Check to the file extension whether it is .bz2 > If not use > tar --help > which provides the extraction options. > Then you need to configure it.For that > * configuration: * ./configure --prefix==/usr/local/php > I hope this works.Try and see > > > > regards > --Bavithra > > >