[Zeffie-Users] upgrading Perl, php, and mysql on raq-4i

[Zeffie]

> I've compiled Perl 5.8.7 on my Raq-4i without a problem, and using the 
> CPAN module it's been installed into /usr/local as per it's standard 
> configuration.
>
> I noticed that Sun's Linux setup has perl 5.0 as the default Perl offering 
> and I'm wondering how I can actually go about replacing it with 5.8.7? Is 
> there a way to do this without shutting down the server? Can I simply 
> change the links to make /usr/bin/perl point to /usr/local/bin/perl (the 
> 5.8.7 front-end), and then delete the old 5.0 installation including it's 
> directories?
>
> Also, how can I change the php installation so it supports the 'gettext()' 
> function? I have a few sites running on my raq-4i using phpBB and the 
> gallery2 package, and those two packages need to have gettext() available 
> to support proper international language support.
>
> www.breakyourcobalt.com apparently has a much more recent php and mysql 
> upgrade available but I'm a bit unwilling to give them admin access to my 
> server! 8-)
> Craig.
>

Ya I wouldn't advise that.... as far as the perl goes I like to install 
ActivePerl in /opt and then if you really need it to be /usr/bin/perl you 
have to change all the gui related cgi's..  something like this pkg does...
ftp://www.zeffie.com/zeffie/RaQ4/RaQ4-ActivePerlUsrBinPerl-1.0.pkg

You can get the Active Perl pkg here...
ftp://www.zeffie.com/zeffie/RaQ4/RaQ4-ActivePerl-5.8.6.811-Built-by-Zeffie.com.pkg

as far as the gettext....  I updated the php build....  you can get a test 
rpm here... and yes it requires the os-update
ftp://www.zeffie.com/zeffie/RaQ4/testrpms/

please let me know how it works out for you...

Zeffie...
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