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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by MJ Ray 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r2 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 > (20001207)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main Right, you've only got the one CD enabled. Here's my working stable system's sources.list... see what it does for you: deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib deb ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/debian/non-US stable/non-US main contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main Add those (or maybe unstable or testing instead of stable, depending how adventurous you feel) and then do apt-get clean apt-get update apt-get upgrade and it should bring your system up to date. You can leave the "cdrom" line in there if you want and it'll only download off the net where newer versions are found. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by MJ Ray 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)rocketmail.com> writes: > This is why I stopped using package managers, they never worked, and > compiling it was easier. Is your nickname on IRC this evening going to be "flamebait"? ;-) Debian's package manager does work and it's actually quite easy to build your own packages using deb-make, debuild and cursory glances at the manual. Since discovering apt-get source and debuild binary, I've not missed anything from the "build it yourself" side of things. > I still think taking a copy of K&R and reading it cover to cover would > be a good move. Sussman and Steele! > Most languages are very similiar, they all have > sequence selection and interation, and C is quite easy to learn. Functions, recursion, closures, continuations. Why do you need iteration anyway? > What would people consider as an alternative to PHP? PHP's actually quite good at what it's good at. It is not a good tool for building large web-based applications, though. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Mark R said: >You need gcc. Installing task-c-dev should get you everything you >need in that line. Did this - more failed dependencies, it all seems to be boiling down to binutils. I'll try downloading and installing this one tomorrow. A bit fried now, I'll do something silly as root soon if i don't go home. Jen's sources.list file (commented out bits and all) #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r2 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20001207)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main #deb-src http://packages.debian.org/stable/ Missing dependencies for apt-get install task-debian-devel task devel-common task-c-dev task-c-dev: Depends: gcc but it is not going to be installed or c-compiler task-debian-devel: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed Depends: cvs-buildpackage but it is not going to be installed Depends: lintian but it is not going to be installed Depends: debhelper but it is not going to be installed Depends: dh-make but it is not going to be installed Depends: debian-policy but it is not going to be installed Depends: debmake but it is not going to be installed Depends: developers-reference but it is not going to be installed Depends: devscripts but it is not going to be installed Depends: dupload but it is not going to be installed Depends: fakeroot but it is not going to be installed Depends: packaging-manual but it is not going to be installed Depends: maint-guide but it is not going to be installed task-devel-common: Depends: binutils but it is not going to be installed or binutils-multiarch but it is not going to be installed Cheers, help much appreciated. Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Linux Expo - Which Day/Travelling From Ipswich
by MJ Ray 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk writes: > Both the Great Eastern services have the option of inclusive tube > travel for an extra pound though I don't know if this includes where > we want to go to. I think Olympia is zone 1, so surely it's included. Zone 2 at worst. I'm thinking that I'll travel down from KL on first train after 0830 as it's the first one I can get a travel card on. If anyone is travelling down from KL, Cambridge or stations in between, drop me a line or catch me on IRC this evening (nickname slef). Which day are we aiming for? I need to decide before tomorrow, too. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by MJ Ray 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > reply - package php4-pgsql has no installation candidate Please post any uncommented bits of your sources.list file. It sounds like something's not quite set up to let you get this installed. > >apt-get install task-debian-devel task-devel-common task-c-dev > reply - 8 million dependencies that aren't going to be installed. Care to post the exact list? It sounds like you might not have any development tools installed, so you've no choice but to get them if you want to build your own software. > Not sure where i go wrong, but every time I try installing anything this > happens, and I finally give up in a temper. The truth is out there... http://www.uk.debian.org/ -> documentation > I can see a bcc package on the debain site, no cc. You need gcc. Installing task-c-dev should get you everything you need in that line. > reply - firstly, it was mentioned in a casual kind of a manner on irc that > in order to build web pages one had to learn php (i thought it was by you, > actually!). No, to build web pages, you need (x)html. Nothing more. > secondly, it has now been recommended by my bro' as a neat > simple solution to manipualting info in a web page. It's actually a fairly poor solution for anything other than toy manipulations. > Thirdly, i don't speak > c and can't write shell scripts, PHP is rather too c-like for me. Then again, I like my scripts to look like single function calls at the top level ;-) > and were I to learn i'd probably have an > even worse job trying to compile the c compiler! Why would you want to compile it? Just install it. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by David Howe 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Well there's a lot of easier ways for those a little nervous of installing things to get PHP up and running..... Although I appreciate that you're talking Debian here I thought I might just throw in my two penneth and let you know that RPM based stuff is most easily customised by visiting http://rpms.arvin.dk/php/ Mr Troels Arvin has built his own set of rpms which (rather than Zend's idea of one big beasty of an rpm) allow you to only include the functionality that you want..... Cheers, Dave

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Linux Expo - Which Day/Travelling From Ipswich
by fozzy＠pelvoux.demon.co.uk 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

I have finally got around to clearing some leave to go to Linux Expo this year. I don't mind which day at the moment, but I will need to decide tomorrow. I think there was a plan to discuss this on IRC tonight but unfortunately I can't make the IRC chat until quite late so I may miss many of you. Even so I would be glad to hear which day most people are planning on going (or if there is an even split). For people travelling from or near Ipswich there's the train... Dep Ipswich Arrive Liverpool St Cost Operator 09:02 10:14 #19.90 Great Eastern 09:12 10:20 #24.00 Anglian 09:30 10:40 #19.90 Great Eastern Both the Great Eastern services have the option of inclusive tube travel for an extra pound though I don't know if this includes where we want to go to. Or there's the car... Probably about #20 petrol, plus parking to be split between the occupants. If it's just me then the train looks like the better option, but if a party of us go in a car together then that may be cheaper. If you are interested in sharing a car from Ipswich or there abouts then drop me a note and let me know if you are intending to drive and are looking for passengers, want to be a passenger and for someone else to drive, or don't care. Steve.

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to 3 or not to 3
by David Freeman 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Can anyone recommend any reasons for or against upgrading GCC from 2.95.2 to GCC 3? Also How easy is it to compile a compiler? I know its convoluted in that you compile it with the old one, then compile the new one with its self then, recompile with that output or something like that. Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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configuring PHP
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

'lo All. I'm on my least favoured subject - installing stuff. I've installed PHP-4.0.6 and am trying to run ./configure. Two Q's: 1. error: no acceptable cc path found in $PATH Can anyone tell me what I am missing? 2. I want to include support for postgresql, using - -with-pqsql [=DIR] ..................default dir is /usr/local/pgsql but on debian it is - well, I'm not sure what it is actually! could it be /var/lib/postgres or /usr/lib/postgres or even /etc/postgresql? Can anyone tell me, erm, well, which path to include in the option? 3[apology section] Thanks! jen.

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Re: [Alug] configuring PHP
by MJ Ray 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > ..................default dir is /usr/local/pgsql but on debian it is - Hang on, hang on, hang on... this is Debian? They do the hard part of figuring out these options for you. Isn't the version got by "apt-get install php4 php4-pgsql" good enough for you? Oh well. If you want the absolute latest versions, make sure you have something like deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main in your /etc/apt/sources.list and then make sure you have all the debian build tools around by doing apt-get install task-debian-devel task-devel-common task-c-dev Now, if you're using unstable as your base system, I believe apt-get build-dep php4-pgsql should work. Otherwise, you can try: apt-get source php4 cd <directory it unpacked to> grep Depend debian/control apt-get install <any bits it needs that you haven't got> debuild binary dpkg -i <package it just made that you want> or some slight variation on the above. -- MJR

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