changing default compile options

[Paul Howarth]

David Fuess wrote:
> I am building a Fedora Core 4 server that uses apache 2, php 5, mysql 4, 
> gd, and trueFont. The problem is that the default package installs do 
> not contain all of the required oprional features (like mbstring, 
> libpng, gd etc. for PHP). The single biggest problem at the moment is 
> PHP because without mbstring I even have problems with phpMyAdmin. What 
> is the best way to go about "upgrading" the installed packages to 
> include the correct optional features?

How about:
# yum install php-mbstring php-gd

Paul.