Re: install packages

Justin, What about installing via the ports and it is then menu driven under FreeBSD. You will need to update using cvsup or download the new ports tree and install. Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) Web Application Consulting e-mail: tim@hitcho.com.au "Nature is a mother." Sunday, May 18, 2003, 4:54:59 PM, you wrote: JF> Hi, JF> I have an existing LAN server with php 4.1.2, MySQL 3.23 and Apache 1.3.2 on JF> FreeBSD. I want to upgrade PHP to 4.3.1, with gd support, trans-sid, and a JF> few other goodies, so that my server is as close to my hosts as possible. JF> The hosts' configure was as follows: JF> '--prefix=/opt/php' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' JF> '--mandir=/usr/man' '--with-apxs=/opt/apache/bin/apxs' JF> '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-ftp' '--with-zlib' JF> '--with-bz2' JF> '--with-dbm' '--with-ndbm' '--with-gdbm' '--with-dom' JF> '--with-dom-xslt' JF> '--with-dom-exslt' '--with-openssl' '--with-gettext' JF> '--with-mcrypt' JF> '--with-iconv' '--with-sybase' '--with-imap' JF> '--with-imap-ssl' JF> '--enable-wddx' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' JF> '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' JF> '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' JF> '--with-mysql=/opt/mysql' JF> My existing install only has JF> './configure' '--with-mysql' '--with-apache=../apache_1.3.22' JF> '--enable-track-vars' JF> I've attempted to do a basic compile as per the manual's step-by-step, but JF> I've got errors on "make". JF> Right now, I'm thinking a pre-compiled package might be the go -- can anyone JF> recommend a package which solves a fair bit of the above problems for me? JF> Thanks, JF> Justin French