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();
   ?>
  

   http://localhost/