Re: Why Installing php and pecl so difficult in Debian?
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:33 +1000
hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought PHP is very common now days, but I found so difficult to
> install it in debian. The apt-get install can't find any php, pecl,
> php-xml packages.
>
> So, I have to downloaded php5_5.2.0-8+etch10_all.deb,
> php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch10_i386.deb and
> php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch10_i386.deb manually and installed them by dkpg.
> It installed php5-cgi, but on php binary in /usr/bin.
>
> People helped me to find dh-make-php - Creates Debian source packages
> for PHP PEAR and PECL extensions. Is it a right package for PHP5
> extension?
>
> How can I install all php extensions by using apt-get?
You have to know what specific package you need. PHP is supplied as
package name "php4" or "php5".
# apt-get install php5
Would do the job.
Search for the packages you need:
# apt-cache search php | less
> Thank you.
>
> Jim
>
>
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