How to run php programs on local computer?

[Brian Cluff]

Synaptic is just a graphical font end to APT.  I've found in the past 
that the graphical front ends can get you into places that make your 
system look broken, but if you use APT the solution becomes obvious or 
at least points you in the right direction.

It's OK if it removes apache2-mpm-worker as it just a different way of 
handling the apache processes.  As long as you now have 
apache2-mpm-prefork on your system, you should be OK.  Having the 
prefork version will make setup for you a lot easier.

Brian Cluff

On 07/03/2013 02:39 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
> Thanks Brian.
>
> My system is Linux Mint 13 with Synaptic package manager,
> and in the past, I've been told that it is preferable to
> install packages on from Synaptic rather than by apt-get;
> is that true? or does it make any difference?
>
> So, I installed apache2 from Synaptic and it shows
> two additional components: libapache2-mod-php5 and
> libapache2-mod-php5filter as separate packages.
>
> Should I also install both of those?
>
> When I marked "libapache2-mod-php5" a pop-up said:
> "To be removed: apache2-mpm-worker" and three additional
> items to be installed.
>
> It's all a bit disconcerting.
>
>
> ---------------------
> Brian wrote (in part):
>> Here's the Debian/Ubuntu/etc counterpart to the CentOS/RHEL instructions.
>>
>> sudo apt-get install apache2 php5
>
>
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