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[crazymazey]

THIS IS MY GUIDE TO UPDATING to

Mysql 4.0.20

apache 2.0.50

php 4.3.7

hope this helps someone out there :)


Before you start back up any data.

STEP 1
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switch off apache

switch off mysql

remove httpd
remove mysql (all)
remove php (all)

STEP 2
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if not already installed – install

these can all be got with wget

gcc-3.2.3.tar.gz

ncurses-5.3-8.1.i386.rpm

ncurses-devel-5.3-8.1.i386.rpm

flex-2.5.31.tar.gz

bison-1.875.tar.gz

STEP 3
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tar -xvzf zlib-1.2.1.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.1.4
./configure; make test
make install
cd ..

STEP 4
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tar –xvzf libpcap-0.7.2.tar.gz
cd libpcap-0.7.2
./configure
make
make install
cd ..

STEP 5
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If Mysql was already installed remove mysql from users and groups through webmin.

THEN Install MySQL:

Create the user and group for MySQL with the following commands:

groupadd mysql

useradd -g mysql mysql

In /root edit the .bash_profile file so the PATH line to read as follows:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin


install and configure MySQL.

tar –xvzf mysql-4.0.20.tar.gz

cd mysql-4.0.20

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql

make

make install

scripts/mysql_install_db

chown -R root /usr/local/mysql

chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/var

chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql

cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

Next, add the lines “/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql” and “/usr/local/lib” to the /etc/ld.so.conf
file.

After you add the lines, run “ldconfig –v”, as root

Test to see if it worked:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
(you might have to hit enter to get back to a shell prompt)

If you get no errors, type “ps –ef |grep mysql”. You should see something like this:

[root@patrick-redhat mysql-4.0.17]# ps -ef |grep mysql
root 13297 2290 0 11:20 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql
mysql 13319 13297 3 11:20 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql
--datadir=/usr/local/mysql/var --user=mysql --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/var/patrick-redhat.pid --skiplocking

If it all worked, then go to the next step, which is to make MySQL start when the system
boots up.

Set MySQL to start automatically.

Copy the file “mysql.server” from the support-files subfolder (it is under the source for
mysql. If you downloaded everything to /root/new, then the path will be
/root/new/mysql-4.0.20/support-files) to the /etc/init.d folder and call it mysql (the
command to copy it from the support-files directory is “


cd /root/new/mysql-4.0.20/support-files
cp mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql

Use the following commands to create symbolic links in the startup folders for run levels
3 and 5. MySQL will now start automatically when you boot up
.
cd /etc/rc3.d

ln -s ../init.d/mysql S85mysql

ln -s ../init.d/mysql K85mysql

cd /etc/rc5.d

ln -s ../init.d/mysql S85mysql

ln -s ../init.d/mysql K85mysql

cd ../init.d

chmod 755 mysql


Then reboot,

Login to webmin goto SERVERS – MySQL Database Server – Module Config.
And check that the paths are pointing to

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlshow
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlimport

/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop

Hit Save , then stop Mysql and exit Webmin.

STEP 6
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Installing and configuring Apache with PHP
-----------------------------------------------------:

This procedure will install the Apache web server in “/www”. This is where I prefer to
install it. You can, however, modify it for whatever location you wish.

Go back to the download directory and do the following to install apache and the module
for PHP

tar -xvzf httpd-2.0.50.tar.gz

cd httpd-2.0.50

./configure --prefix=/www --enable-so

make

make install

type “ /www/bin/apachectl start “ to start apache


(do not worry about the message about the fully qualified domain name)
check the system to make sure the web server is working
(go to the IP of that system in a web browser. You will see the default Apache page)

type “ /www/bin/apachectl stop “ to stop apache

cd ..

STEP 7
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tar -xvzf php-4.3.7.tar.gz

cd php-4.3.7

./configure --prefix=/www/php --with-apxs2=/www/bin/apxs --with-config-filepath=/www/php --enable-sockets --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql

make

make install

cp php.ini-dist /www/php/php.ini

Then Open Webmin and edit the module Apache Webserver
/www
/www/bin/httpd

/www/bin/apachectl

/www/bin/apachectl start
/www/bin/apachectl stop
/www/bin/apachectl restart

Hit save.

Now edit your httpd.conf files (it's in /www/conf) and add:

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so (The new version of PHP seems to add it)

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

IT WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE DONE
#
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
# AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or $
# make certain files to be certain types.
#
AddType application/x-tar .tgz
AddType image/x-icon .ico
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# The index.html.var file (a type-map) is used to deliver content-
# negotiated documents. The MultiViews Option can be used for the
# same purpose, but it is much slower.
#
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

Apache 2.0.50 is now installed in the /www dir. Go into the /www/bin dir and do the
following commands:

cd /www/bin

cp apachectl /etc/init.d/httpd

cd /etc/rc3.d

ln -s ../init.d/httpd S85httpd

ln -s ../init.d/httpd K85httpd

cd /etc/rc5.d

ln -s ../init.d/httpd S85httpd

ln -s ../init.d/httpd K85httpd

(The above lines will add a start up script to the system for both run level 3 and 5)

To test the Apache – PHP install, create a file called test.php in the /www/htdocs
directory. Place the following line in the file “<?php phpinfo(); ?>” (without the quotes).
Start Apache using “/etc/rc5.d/S85httpd start”. Now use a web browser to look at the file
(http://IP_Addess/test.php). It should give you info on your system, Apache, and PHP.

REBOOT.
(and hopefully everything starts and runs ok)

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I did this on 3 different machines and then did it on the red hat small distro on my linode and everything seems to be running ok, If anyone out there notices any problems with this guide , please add to it and pm me so i can adjust it.

Cheers CrazyMAzeY
http://crazymazey.kicks-ass.org

[biotripp]

On step 1 how do you remove all the stuff?