Setting Up Database Driven Websites - Requirements (
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In writing this document, I will assume that you already have:
- a basic understanding of Unix commands, HTML, and SQL
- an understanding of administering your Unix box
- a working Unix box on which you will install the software
- the necessary software packages to compile software
- you don't already have MySQL, Apache, or PHP installed
This guide is written to be as OS neutral as possible. Please make changes as
necessary for your setup.
Getting MySQL
First let's grab MySQL, you will find it at http://www.mysql.com. The latest version as of
this writing is 3.22.22. From their download page, you will find precompiled
binaries for the following operating systems:
- Linux
- Irix 6.3
- SunOS 4.1.4
- Solaris (Sparc) 2.5.1 and 2.6
Getting Apache
Next thing to get is the Apache source distribution. You will find it at
their homepage http://www.apache.org, the
latest version as of this writing is 1.3.6.
Getting PHP
Finally, get the PHP source distribution from their homepage http://www.php.net. The latest version as of this
writing is 3.0.7.
Other Packages
There are many other things you can compile PHP. Doing this is beyond the
scope of this document, you can always add support for these things later. We
will keep things simple to get through this guide.
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