# 1. install Apache, it doesn't have to go in the /opt directory
# (change the URL to be whatever the latest release is)
wget http://apache.rmplc.co.uk/httpd/httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz
tar -xvzf httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz 
cd httpd-2.2.6
./configure \
--prefix=/opt/apache2.2.6/ \
--enable-so \
--enable-cgi \
--enable-info \
--enable-rewrite \
--enable-usertrack \
--enable-deflate \
--enable-ssl \
--enable-mime-magic
make
sudo make install

# 2. install PHP, change the paths to match your machine
wget http://ftp.at.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/php/php-5.2.4.tar.gz
tar -xvzf php-5.2.4.tar.gz
cd php-5.2.4
./configure \
--with-apxs2=/opt/apache2.2.6/bin/apxs \
--with-zlib=/usr \
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql \
--prefix=/opt/apache2.2.6/php \
--with-config-file-path=/opt/apache2.2.6/php \
--enable-force-cgi-redirect \
--enable-shared \
--disable-cgi
make
sudo make install

# 3. enable PHP on your new server, adjust other configs as needed
sudo vi /opt/apache2.2.6/conf/httpd.conf
	AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
	AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
	DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

# 4. start the MySQL server if you need to
sudo mysqld_safe &

# 5. start the new server (use start, restart or stop as required)
sudo /opt/apache2.2.6/bin/apachectl start

# 1. install Apache, it doesn't have to go in the /opt directory
# (change the URL to be whatever the latest release is)
wget http://apache.rmplc.co.uk/httpd/httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz
tar -xvzf httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz 
cd httpd-2.2.6
./configure \
--prefix=/opt/apache2.2.6/ \
--enable-so \
--enable-cgi \
--enable-info \
--enable-rewrite \
--enable-usertrack \
--enable-deflate \
--enable-ssl \
--enable-mime-magic
make
sudo make install

# 2. install PHP, change the paths to match your machine
wget http://ftp.at.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/php/php-5.2.4.tar.gz
tar -xvzf php-5.2.4.tar.gz
cd php-5.2.4
./configure \
--with-apxs2=/opt/apache2.2.6/bin/apxs \
--with-zlib=/usr \
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql \
--prefix=/opt/apache2.2.6/php \
--with-config-file-path=/opt/apache2.2.6/php \
--enable-force-cgi-redirect \
--enable-shared \
--disable-cgi
make
sudo make install

# 3. enable PHP on your new server, adjust other configs as needed
sudo vi /opt/apache2.2.6/conf/httpd.conf
	AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
	AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
	DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

# 4. start the MySQL server if you need to
sudo mysqld_safe &

# 5. start the new server (use start, restart or stop as required)
/opt/apache2.2.6/bin/apachectl start

This takes about an hour in total to run on my machine, so give yourself enough time. Obviously the configure options will need to be tweaked to match your set up, but this works for me. This assumes you already have MySQL installed.

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