ART's rpms & using yum to upgrade php...

[rolo@]

I am happy with my PHP 4.3.11 install that came with my server, except that I need to add support for mcrypt.

I wanted to recompile PHP using exactly the same options I have right now but adding mcrypt. Reading through the forums I found that this seems to be very complicated to do.

People often agree that using yum with ART's rpms is the easiest way. I'm not familiar with this method so I've looked through ART website but found no real "newbie" way of doing this.

Apparently according to ART all his php rpms come with mcrypt upport. Is there a way to use yum to update to a specific version of php?

How would I go about doing that?

Thanks!

 

[phoenixisp]

If you already have yum installed, edit /etc/yum.conf to look like this:

[atomic]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - Atomic PSA-Compatible RPMS
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/atomic/art/$releasever/

[psa-7.5]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - SW-Soft PSA 7.5 RPMS
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/atomic/psa-7.5/$releasever/

[base]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - Base OS RPMS mirror
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/3rd-party/base/$releasever/

[updates]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - OS Update RPMS mirror
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/3rd-party/updates/$releasever/

Then import ART's GPG-KEY

#rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.art.txt

Then just do

#yum update php

 

[rolo@]

phoenix,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I just have one more question before I try your solution. How can I know what version I will be upgrading to? Will I be ask to pick one?

 

[phoenixisp]

You won't be able to pick, but you will be asked to OK the package (version number included). It will also inform you of any installations it is performing that may be needed to satisfy dependancies.

 

[BasicMind]

Hello I've been trying to fix a problem which seems to be leading down the route of upgrading php

but the
#rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.art.txt
brings an error
error: RPM-GPG-KEY.art.txt: import read failed.

and the upgrade wont work

any ideas.

 

[phoenixisp]

Sure, do this:

#rpm --import http://www.atomicrocketturtle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY.art.txt

 

[BasicMind]

thanks it worked -- did'nt solve my problem but it worked

thanks

 

[phoenixisp]

Did you try

#yum install mcrypt

 

[BasicMind]

no i did'nt. my problem is that the mail() function wont work in php.

 

[atomicturtle]

you want: yum install php-mcrypt

 

[BasicMind]

thanks art.

but unfortunately that did resolve my problem.

 

[atomicturtle]

Which is what exactly

 

[BasicMind]

ooops wrong thread - sorry - my problem is the mail() function wont work in PHP - rolo's was mycrypt - sorry again

 

[atrocity]

Hello,

All this do not work for me ...
I have this :

rpm -qa php-*

php-gd-4.3.9-3.18
php-pear-4.3.9-3.18
php-imap-4.3.9-3.18
php-mbstring-4.3.9-3.18
php-mysql-4.3.9-3.18
php-ioncube-loader-1.1-rhel4.build060607.14
php-mcrypt-4.3.9-3.2.1
php-domxml-4.3.9-3.18

and need to update php-mcrypt.
This is not included in the CentOS 4.4 updates
How can i do ?
Or is there a way to update php-* to 4.4.x ?
Best regards
Jean