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Entries for March 3rd, 2008

Upgrading PHP on Fedora Core 5 (or other distro)

Download the RPMs you require for your new PHP installation from the following URLs. If you have RPMs that aren’t listed, use the search function: php-5.2.5 pcre-6.6 php-cli-5.2.5 php-common-5.2.5 php-pear-1.7.1 php-gd-5.2.5 php-pd-5.2.5 php-mysql-5.2.5 sqllite Or if you are upgrading another distrobution, search for the equivalents here. Check which PHP RPMs you currently have installed: rpm [...]

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What redhat/fedora distribution am I running?

To determine which version of Fedora or Redhat you are running, simply type: cat /etc/redhat-release This will then display something like: Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux)

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