[TriLUG] How to install package(PHP) wrapped in tar ball file?

[Jeffery Painter]

ummm... php is a scripting language. no compile should be necessary unless
it needs additional libraries (google for pear if you need those)...
index.php should load if your web server is configured appropriately for
php

-- 
Jeff


> I have no experience to install PHP package before. So I have no idea what
> information the index.php page provides. My original thought is to use
> "find
> ./ -name make" to find the make file then use make build the package. But
> maybe there is a better way?
>
>
> On 9/12/07, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
>>
>> Try unzipping to a web enabled folder and looking for an index.php page.
>>
>> Daniel Zhang wrote:
>> > The question is if there are no README or any documents/instructions
>> for
>> > installation in the downloaded tar file, how can you install it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Daniel
>> >
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