I'm confused about RH8's reply to "rpm -q apache"... 'not installed'

[Patrick Fleming EA]

Is php installed? rpm -q php
libphp4.so is installed by php 

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Mark Berkwitt wrote:

> I tried libphp4.so and then libphp4 and neither one draws something. I think
> I need to install those two packages. Unfortunately, Wrox doesn't respond
> like Paul DuBois, the author of MySQL. He's always answering questions
> posted to that list.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Patrick
> Fleming EA
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:02 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: I'm confused about RH8's reply to "rpm -q apache"... 'not
> installed'
> 
> 
> 
> I think that the current version of PHP uses a different naming scheme and
> what you need is libphp4.so. I believe that this is a recent change from
> mod_php4.
> 
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> 
> > Actually, there were 7 packages required to follow along in the book
> > "Beginning PHP4".  Three packages were signaled as not installed. The
> Apache
> > issue was resolved but the other 2 of the 3 missing packages were
> "gd-devel"
> > and "mod_php4". I was wondering if Red Hat had renamed those as well.
> > Otherwise, I need first install them.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Austin
> > Godber
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:36 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: I'm confused about RH8's reply to "rpm -q apache"... 'not
> > installed'
> >
> >
> > Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> > > Thanks.
> > > Would the same type of thing apply to the "gd-devel" and "mod_php4"
> > > packages?
> >
> > I don't know if you are specifically replying to me.  Actually I am not
> > sure what you are asking, but rpm -qa | grep <something> is one way to
> > search for what packages are installed.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > godber@ ~>rpm -qa | grep php
> > php-pgsql-4.2.2-8.0.7
> > php-manual-4.2.2-8.0.7
> > php-4.2.2-8.0.7
> > php-ldap-4.2.2-8.0.7
> > php-imap-4.2.2-8.0.7
> > php-mysql-4.2.2-8.0.7
> >
> > godber@ ~>rpm -qa | grep gd-devel
> > gd-devel-1.8.4-9
> >
> > This shows what packages I have installed that contain the strings php
> > and gd-devel in their names.  But you have to have some idea what their
> > names are.
> >
> > On the otherhand.  If you are using apt on your RedHat machine, then you
> > can use apt-cache to search all of the packages descriptions (those
> > installed and those not installed).  So if I do:
> >
> > godber@ ~>apt-cache search apache
> > asp2php - Converts WWW Active Server Pages to PHP pages
> > mod_perl - An embedded Perl interpreter for the Apache Web server.
> > mod_python - An embedded Python interpreter for the Apache Web server.
> > redhat-config-httpd - Apache configuration tool
> > httpd - Apache HTTP Server
> > httpd-devel - Development tools for the Apache HTTP server.
> > httpd-manual - Documentation for the Apache HTTP server.
> > mod_ssl - SSL/TLS module for the Apache HTTP server
> > php - The PHP HTML-embedded scripting language. (PHP: Hypertext
> > Preprocessor)
> > php-imap - An Apache module for PHP applications that use IMAP.
> > php-ldap - A module for PHP applications that use LDAP.
> > php-pgsql - A PostgreSQL database module for PHP.
> > proftpd - A flexible, stable and highly-configurable FTP Server.
> >
> > Some of these are installed, but all of them are in the apt/rpm
> > repository that my apt looks at.
> >
> > Austin
> >
> >
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