Why not just compile it yourself? On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Shawn McKenzie<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Philipp Schaffner wrote: >> Dear PHP [hard]core expert >> >> After "apt-get install php5-dev" on Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Hardy Heron) >> with an already existing and functioning PHP5 interpreter "phpinfo()" >> still shows "PHP Version 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6". BUT at the same time >> phpinfo() shows "Build Date: April 17 2009"! >> >> This seems incongruent to me! PHP 5.2.4 is from the year 2007!!! Which >> version of PHP does my server run now? How can I find out in this >> "mess"? Do I really need to deinstall and reinstall PHP in order to get >> the right version displayed? >> >> Thank you very much for your brief info about this confusion! >> Philipp Schaffner, Switzerland >> >> > > What you installed are development (source) files needed to build PHP > modules. > > $ apt-cache show php5-dev > > Version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 > Description: Files for PHP5 module development > This package provides the files from the PHP5 source needed for compiling > additional modules. > > AFAIK you're out of luck on Ubuntu for releases newer than 5.2.4 at the > moment. Unless you want to add a Debian repository or another third > party one. > > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
