Question: How to install the latest PHP version from source in CentOS and Fedora?
Answer:
Please follow The steps bellow to install the latest php release. this installation is done on Centos 6.2 .
1-Download and install Development tools from yum :
yum groupinstall "Development tools"
2-Install libxml2-dev needed for the configs:
yum install libxml2-devel
3-Check My Installed php release
# php -v
output
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Feb 2 2012 23:47:49)
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
4-Download the last tarball php file from php Servers
my example is php-5.4.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf php-5.4.0.tar.gz
cd php-5.4.0
./Configure
#########################################################
make
Output
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clicommand.inc directorygraphiterator.inc phar.inc
Build complete. Don't forget to run 'make test'.
##############################################
make install
Output
Installing PHP CLI binary: /usr/local/bin/ Installing PHP CLI man page: /usr/local/php/man/man1/ Installing PHP CGI binary: /usr/local/bin/ Installing build environment: /usr/local/lib/php/build/ Installing header files: /usr/local/include/php/
###########################################################
5-You may want to add: /usr/local/lib/php to your php.ini include_path
/opt/packages/php-5.4.0/build/shtool install -c ext/phar/phar.phar /usr/local/bin ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/phar.phar /usr/local/bin/phar
6-Make as defaults
ln -s /usr/local/bin/php /usr/bin/
7-Check Now the version installed
[root@hosted php-5.4.0]# php -v
Output
PHP 5.4.0 (cli) (built: Mar 19 2012 11:33:22) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root [root@hosted php-5.4.0]#
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