Re: second/custom PEAR/PECL installation. possible? how?

Daniel Brown wrote: > On 6/6/07, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: >> I have a [gentoo] server with 2 apache installations ... >> >> the std distro apache runs with php4 which includes an installation >> of PEAR and PECL. >> >> the second apache is compiled by hand and runs with php5 (also compiled >> by hand) - obviously both of these are installed somewhere other than >> the default. the [custom] php5 installation does not include PEAR/PECL >> (when I built/installed it I skipped that because I was worried I'd >> get a conflict >> with the existing PEAR/PECL install and break something). >> >> I would like to add the APC extension to the php5 setup, normally this is >> as involved as doing the following: >> >> > pecl install apc >> >> only in this case that would install APC in the php4 setup. >> the question is how do I go about getting a second/custom PEAR/PECL >> setup running >> which I can use with/for the php5 setup. is this even possible? or >> am I stuck with a manual download, compile and install of APC for the >> php5 setup as described here for instance: >> >> http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2006/02/02/alternative-php-cache-apc-on-debian)? >> >> >> tia, >> Jochem >> >> PS - STWF is giving me no joy, everything I find assumes the >> pecl/pear commands >> are setup and running. >> >> PPS - sorry for the overuse of the word 'setup' :-P >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > Is there any particular reason you couldn't recompile PHP5 with > the PEAR/PECL packages outside of the path? A prime example of > running two separate Apache servers with separate PHP installations is > cPanel --- if you're familiar with the service, you'll probably > already know that it uses it's own paths (/var/cpanel, > /usr/local/cpanel/bin), not those common on the system (/bin, /sbin, > etc.). I don't want to recompile because it's in production, and secondly I don't really know what's going on with the compile/installation when it comes to pear/pecl. I can't risk screwing anything up and time constraints don't allow me to build a test env that matches what I have in production right now ... it's a plesk box in this case which (imho) makes things a tad more complicated ... I'm not too much of a fan of plesk :-/ so I'm still hoping there is a way to install a second pear/pecl setup (with that go-pear thingy that I don't quite understand) and have it 'linked' to a specific [custom] php installation? ... if not I'll go read up more on pear/pecl setups in general and in the mean time do a manual build of the APC extension (something I can comfortably do, but is not great from a maintainance POV) > > I've had different test boxes set up with numerous > compartmentalized installations --- one of my kitchen machines had > more than a dozen, just to try to screw it up one day because I was > bored (yes, I have systems all throughout my house and my truck). your truck ?? :-) > > As long as the PEAR/PECL API version matches the target PHP > installation API version, you should have no problem. this is not clear to me - I'm have a horrible 'lacking the required expertise' feeling :-P thanks for your input so far. >