RE: [PHP] php installation in different location

Could you explain/clarify what you are trying to accomplish. You initially asked how to install a second version of php in a different location. In your more recent post you asked how to uninstall the older/existing install in order to install the latest one. Why are you interested in installing the new version in a "different location" if you are going to uninstall the existing version? Installing the version you intend to use in a different location has effects on other bits - like the apache php module - so something to be avoided if you don't need to. Are you trying to install a new version from a repository or source? If source, why, what "must have" capability is unavailable in a packaged release? If package, why do you want to install it in a different location? There may be value/need to build from source, but in general the best approach is to keep things within your package management system by building a package and installing that, rather than having the source build do the installing. > Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 02:59:37 +0000 > From: Richard > > The options mostly relate to where different things are installed on > your system. You can generally look at the outputs from the > ./configure to see what it didn't pick up and you need to explicitly > specify. These options relate to your system and other packages you > have installed. > > You should really be using your OSs package management environment > and getting your php package from the appropriate repositories. It > is *possible* that you really need a feature that is in a more > recent release than what is available from your repositories, but > in general that is unlikely. > > It is highly unlikely that you need to be installing from source. A > package from a repository will update the installed release so you > don't have to worry about uninstalling anything. > > > >> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 01:52:24 +0000 >> From: Christos Moustakakis <moustakakis@yahoo.gr> >> >> ./configure --prefix=/opt <other options> >> 1. What other options? I need an installation for running websites. >> Could you tell me the full command I have to run?  2. How can I >> uninstall a php version in order to install the latest one? Thank >> you.  >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 3:10, Jim Lucas<lists@cmsws.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Christos Moustakakis <moustakakis@yahoo.gr> >> Date: 03/28/2016 13:07 (GMT-08:00) >> >> >> Could you tell me how can I install a second version of php in a >> different location in ubuntu 14.04?  >> >> ./configure --prefix=/opt <other options> >> --Jim lucas > > ------------ End Original Message ------------ ------------ End Original Message ------------