Re: Installing Php5 over Existing Php4.3.6

No, I do not want to keep the old distribution. What is the proper way to "uninstall" the existing installation? Do I just do a 'make distclean'? Would that clean up all the libraries and the program files of the existing installation? Thanks again. Francis "Jason Barnett" <jasbarne@indiana.edu> wrote in message news:20040724003814.40568.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Francis Chang wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to install Php5 over an existing Php4.3.6 installation on > > Linux. What is the proper procedure? Do I need to "uninstall" the previous > > version first, if so, how? Can I install Php5 into the same location as the > > previous installation or should I install it into a different PREFIX > > directory? > > > > Any tip would be much appreciated. > > > > Francis > > There isn't one *proper* way to do it. Do you want them both running at the > same time? I wouldn't suggest that unless you need it, but that can be done. > Sure, if you want to "uninstall" the old installation and then put php5 in you > can do that, but I'd suggest creating a test server first to make sure all your > scripts will run like you expect.