Unix/OpenBSD installs

This section contains notes and hints specific to installing PHP on OpenBSD .

Using Ports

This is the recommended method of installing PHP on OpenBSD , as it will have the latest patches and security fixes applied to it by the maintainers . To use this method , ensure that you have a recent ports tree . Then simply find out which flavors you wish to install , and issue the make install command . Below is an example of how to do this .

דוגמה 2-3 . OpenBSD Ports Install Example

 
$

 
cd

 
/

 
usr

 
/

 
ports

 
/

 
www

 
/

 
php4

 
$

 
make

 
show

 
VARNAME=FLAVORS

 
(

 
choose

 
which

 
flavors

 
you

 
want

 
from

 
the

 
list

 
)

 
$

 
env

 
FLAVOR="imap

 
gettext

 
ldap

 
mysql

 
gd

 
"

 
make

 
install

 
$

 
/

 
usr

 
/

 
local

 
/

 
sbin

 
/

 
php4-enable



Using Packages

There are pre-compiled packages available for your release of OpenBSD . These integrate automatically with the version of Apache installed with the OS . However , since there are a large number of options ( called flavors ) available for this port , you may find it easier to compile it from source using the ports tree . Read the packages( 7 ) manual page for more information in what packages are available .