Installation on Red Hat and Fedora Core

the Web Server item. To add PHP support and PHP MySQL libraries, click on the
Details link on the right and select the packages “php” and “php-mysql” from the list;
you should see something similar to Figure 2-6. Once you’ve done this, return to the package-selection list and select (put a checkmark) next to the MySQL Database item.
As before, click on the Details link and ensure the “php-mysql” package is selected.
If you already have a running Linux installation, you can use the rpm command to check whether MySQL, Apache (known as httpd), and PHP are already installed rpm -query --whatprovides mysql php php-mysql
mysql-5.0.22-1.FC5.1
mysql-server-5.0.22-1.FC5.1
httpd-2.2.0-5.1.2
php-5.1.4-1
php-mysql-5.1.4-1
If, as in this example, all the necessary packages are installed, you can simply skip to
“Configuring a Newly Installed Server later in this chapter.
If the packages aren’t present, you’ll see messages like this:
no package provides php
Figure 2-5. Red Hat and Fedora package options
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and you’ll need to install any missing packages.
Run the Package Manager by selecting Add/Remove Software from the Fedora menu.
Alternatively, login as root and type pirut
You should see a window similar to the one shown in Figure 2-7. Select the List tab,
and choose any of these packages that don’t already have a checkmark next to them:
httpd-2.2.0-5.1.2.i386
Apache HTTP Server
mysql-5.0.22-1.FC5.1.i386
MySQL client programs and shared libraries
Figure 2-6. Detailed Red Hat and Fedora package options

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