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Many Linux and Unix distributions have pre-compiled versions of PHP available. &nbsp;What OS / version do you have?
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Many Linux and Unix distributions have pre-compiled versions of PHP available.  What OS / version do you have?

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I have Debian 5.<br />
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Hi,<br />
Can you please send me step by step instructions on how to install php on my unix machine?<br />
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I found couple of links on the web but I didn't fully understand them.<br />
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For example in the following link I got stuck in .configure part and couldn't move on.<br />
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<a href="http://onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2000/11/17/php_admin.html" rel="ugc">http://onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2000/11/17/php_admin.html</a><br />
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Thanks,<br />

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Hi,
Can you please send me step by step instructions on how to install php on my unix machine?

I found couple of links on the web but I didn't fully understand them.

For example in the following link I got stuck in .configure part and couldn't move on.

http://onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2000/11/17/php_admin.html

Thanks,


How to install PHP on UNIX?

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