LAMP

[brouwers roland lx]

On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:56 -0400, Matt Roth wrote:
> Roland Brouwers wrote:
> 
> >My server: Fedora 2.6.11-1.14_FC3
> >I am desperate.
> >I am trying now for 2 weeks to install a package moregroupware, which
> >has a need for Apache, Mysql and PhP.
> >
> 
> Roland,
> 
> Take a look at XAMPP <http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html>.
> 
>  From the site:
> 
> "XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP 
> and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just 
> download, extract and start."
> 
> It's as simple as they say it is to install, and it's easy to get rid of 
> if you don't like it.  I use it on all of my FC3 machines as a quick and 
> easy way to get Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl to *just work* together.  
> Just last week I setup the Mantis bugtracking software in very little 
> time by dropping it on top of an existing XAMPP installation, so 
> hopefully you'd have the same luck with moregroupware.
> 
> There are two things to keep in mind:
> 
> 1) Prior to installing XAMPP you may want to uninstall or disable your 
> existing Apache and MySQL installations.
> 2) XAMPP is designed for development, so the default configuration is 
> very insecure.  If you'll be exposing your server to the internet, take 
> a look at this to lock it down first 
> <http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#381>.
> 
> I hope you find this helpful,
> 
> Matthew Roth
> InterMedia Marketing Solutions
> Software Engineer and Systems Developer
Thanks for this advise. I will take a look at it and try it tomorrow.
Because in Belgium it is 23.00h and I have to get up at 06.00h.

Roland Brouwers
C.A.T. bvba
Antwerp-Belgium
roland at cat.be