Re: Help upgradring Apache etc.

From: Gregory Toomey (nospam_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:07:11 +1000

Karsten Krogsgaard Sommer wrote:

> Hi..
> As written in subject, I have a SuSE server, witch I access with putty
> (ssh) and SFTP.

So its remote??
> At the moment everthing works fine,
It it aint broke dont fix it, Especially if its in production.
> but the software is
> outdated.

> I would like to upgrade:
>
> Php 4.3.3 --> 5.0
Why? 4 is current.

> Apache..
> MySQL..
> Apache
> phpmyadmin
>
> I hope someone had time to help me, because I have tried many times, and
> the system always requier s new install afterwords :(
>
> How to I do it, the easiest way?.. i'm new in the world of Linux, so
> plase accept supid questions ;o)
>
> If your interested in helping, I would gladly give you some free space at
> my server. It is standing at Strato AG in Germany, so it has a very stro
> backbone.
>
> Contact me here or ICQ.: 43056488 / MSN. mail@karstensommer.dk /
> mail.: mail@karstensommer.dk
>
>
> /Karsten Sommer

Install a new version of SUSE if you want to upgrade.

In the past I've updated Redhat 9 with
- mysql 4.1 (fairly easy - just download, compile & install)
- Apache/php - http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html

gtoomey