Posted by Christophe Chisogne on 04/06/05 16:33

Robert S a écrit :
> I am running a Woody server. I'd like to run php scripts from the command
> line, but I note that the php/php4 executable is not in my PATH.

just install php4-cgi package (apt-get install php4-cgi)
and the PHP 4 CLI will be install : /usr/bin/php4
Next time, try to use 'apt-cache search foo'
or packages.debian.org to find it yourself

> have tried to do that. I note that php isn't available in the backports.

If you need more recent LAMP stuff on Woody (ex php5) add these lines
in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org ./
deb-src http://sources.dotdeb.org ./

This will use recent Debian packages (backported for Woody)
from http://dotdeb.org/
They got a server crash without backups, but the packages are there,
and it seems the server will be up again soon

> Is there any sort of workaround (short of upgrading the whole system to
> sarge, which I don't want to do)?

Debian testing (currently Sarge) dont have security support.
So either stick with woody (perhaps with backported packages)
-- esp if you're on a production server
or choose the DIY (do it yourself) way...
-- ie 'manual' compilation, trouble and upgrades :p

Ch.

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