How To Install Apache 2.0/PHP 4.3 and MySQL 5.0 on Redhat

* Uninstall previous versions of apache and mysql

rpm -e httpd mysql

* Download and install RPM packages of MySQL's server, client and dynamic shared libraries from mysql.com. do not opt to change the password on MySQL database unless you know what you're doing (I don't). If requested at first installation attempt, download the appropriate version of perl-dbi from rpmfind.net.

rpm -ivh MySQL-client-5.0.20-0.glibc23.i386.rpm MySQL-server-5.0.20-0.glibc23.i386.rpm MySQL-shared-5.0.20-0.glibc23.i386.rpm

* Initialize mysql database after installation by typing..

mysql_install_db

* Make sure /etc/ld.so.conf contains:

/usr/lib

* Run ldconfig

/sbin/ldconfig

* Download, unpack, and install Apache 2.0 from source at apache.org

mv httpd-2.0.55.tar.gz /usr/local/; cd /usr/local/
tar -xzvf httpd-2.0.55.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.0.55
./configure --enable-so
make
make install

* Ensure Apache functions properly by starting, testing, and stopping it.

/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start
http://localhost/

/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop

* Download, unpack, and install the newest 4.4.x version of PHP from php.net

mv php-4.4.1.tar.gz /usr/local/; cd /usr/local/
tar -xzvf php-4.4.1.tar.gz; cd php-4.4.1/
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
make
make install

* Add the following to your httpd.conf file:

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

* Modify httpd.conf again, and then restart the httpd (/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl restart):

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

* To test your accomplishments, drop the following text into an index.php file within your DocumentRoot directory:

< ?php
phpinfo();
?>