Re: apache2 and php4

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Osamu Aoki wrote:

> Hi, this one scratched my head too.
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 06:09:49PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
>  
>
> > Does anyone know what's going on here?
> > I want to use apache 2 and php4. However, php4 pulls in apache1 stuff:
> > php4
> > Status: install ok installed
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: web
> > Installed-Size: 3196
> > Maintainer: Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net>
> > Architecture: i386
> > Version: 4:4.3.4-4
> > Replaces: php4-dev (<< 4.0.2-6), php4-xml
> > Provides: php4-xml, phpapi-20020918
> > Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libdb4.2, libexpat1 (>= 
> > 1.95.6), libmm13, libpam0g (>= 0.76), libpcre3 (>= 4.5), libssl0.9.7, 
> > zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, mime-support (>= 
> > 2.03-1), apache-common (>= 1.3.29.0.2)
> >
> > Surely someone's using apache2 and php4. How's it done? Do I really need 
> > apache1 too?
> >    
>
> Yes.  (Not much testing but ...)
>
> "equivs" is not the solution here.  Do not get hooked :)  It is
> adictive.
>
> Confusion is php4 is a package for php4 module for apache (apache1)
> while its apache2 equivalent has more complicated name which is hard to
> find.  Let get apache2-mpm-prefork installed for apache2 for example.
>
> Then, look for php4 support.  I use aptitude and look under 
>  --\ Packages which depend on apache2-mpm-prefork
>    --\ Depends
> to find php4 build for apache2-mpm-prefork.  I think
> "libapache2-mod-php4" looks good to me.
>
> Package: libapache2-mod-php4
>  
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Okay, thanks for that. Apt-cache shows it too, but it surely helps when 
you know what to look for.

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