While you can just download the PHP source and compile it yourself,
using Gentoo's packaging system is the simplest and cleanest
method of installing PHP. If you are not familiar with building
software on Linux, this is the way to go.
If you have built your Gentoo system so far, you are probably used
to Portage already. Installing Apache and PHP is no different than
the other system tools.
The first decision you need to make is whether you want to install
Apache 1.3.x or Apache 2.x. While both can be used with PHP, the
steps given below will use Apache 1.3.x. Another thing to consider
is whether your local Portage tree is up to date. If you have not
updated it recently, you need to run emerge sync
before anything else. This way, you will be using the most recent
stable version of Apache and PHP.
Now that everything is in place, you can use the following example
to install Apache and PHP:
Пример 4-7. Gentoo Install Example with Apache 1.3 # emerge \<apache-2
# USE="-*" emerge php mod_php
# ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-php/mod_php-<your PHP version>/mod_php-<your PHP version>.ebuild config
# nano /etc/conf.d/apache
Add "-D PHP4" to APACHE_OPTS
# rc-update add apache default
# /etc/init.d/apache start |
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You can read more about emerge in the excellent
Portage Manual provided
on the Gentoo website.
If you need to use Apache 2, you can simply use emerge apache
in the last example.
In the last section, PHP was emerged without any activated modules.
As of this writing, the only module activated by default with Portage
is XML which is needed by PEAR.
This may not be what you want and you will soon discover that you need
more activated modules, like MySQL, gettext, GD, etc.
When you compile PHP from source yourself, you need to activate modules
via the configure command. With Gentoo, you can simply
provide USE flags which will be passed to the configure script automatically.
To see which USE flags to use with emerge, you can try:
Пример 4-8. Getting the list of valid USE flags # USE="-*" emerge -pv php
[ebuild N] dev-php/php-4.3.6-r1 -X -berkdb -crypt -curl -debug -doc
-fdftk -firebird -flash -freetds -gd -gd-external -gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp
-imap -informix -ipv6 -java -jpeg -kerberos -ldap -mcal -memlimit -mssql
-mysql -ncurses -nls -oci8 -odbc -pam -pdflib -png -postgres -qt -readline
-snmp -spell -ssl -tiff -truetype -xml2 -yaz 3,876 kB |
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As you can see from the last output, PHP considers a lot of USE flags.
Look at them closely and choose what you need. If you choose a flag and
you do not have the proper libraries, Portage will compile them for you.
It is a good idea to use emerge -pv again to see what
Portage will compile in accordance to your USE flags. As an example,
if you do not have X installed and you choose to include X in the USE
flags, Portage will compile X prior to PHP, which can take a couple
of hours.
If you choose to compile PHP with MySQL, cURL and GD support, the command
will look something like this:
Пример 4-9. Install PHP with USE flags # USE="-* curl mysql gd" emerge php mod_php |
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As in the last example, do not forget to emerge php as well as mod_php.
php is responsible for the command line version of PHP as mod_php is
for the Apache module version of PHP.