yes, use debian: http://www.debian.org and study the apt system you'll get no problem. (php 5 is not in "sarge" which is what you should use but compiling php5 on it gives no problem.) and debian supports very well ppc... On Wednesday 27 October 2004 15:25, Aaron Gould wrote: > My company is considering the purchase of a fairly nice IBM PowerPC > system, running SuSe Linux (presumably version 9.2 by the time we get > it). This will be replacing our aging Compaq as our main server for our > mission-critical apps. > > Does anyone here have experience compiling PHP 5.x on a Linux-based > PowerPC architecture? My primary concern is that it actually compiles > without trouble; all we have here now are x86 systems, so we can't test > this combination! > > -- > Aaron Gould > Parts Canada - Web Developer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php