which flavor of Linux would you recommend? i.e. CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora,
Slackware, Debian! I thought of getting CentOS (Again) because it is on my
server machine but if there is something better or recommended I will try
that.

Considering you're new to Linux, I would recommend OpenSUSE or Ubuntu, as
they are both very user-friendly.
-Stephen

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 08:22, DreamSight <webmaster_at_dreamsight.net> wrote:

> Hi Etienne
> And Thank you for that (will try it on a new install), I am
> used to compiling things once then adding plugins or libraries (apart from
> scripts)! finding this extremely fascinating having to recompile something
> every time you add a new service like curl! (and in different parts of the
> system) I am used to *.EXE land..... I know my way around a windows server
> and i program in C++ and Perl but the Unix/Linux machine is a completely new
> beastie to me, even although Perl (in particular) started out here........
>
> Please excuse me and my ignorance at the moment, still trying to understand
> the logic behind (what appears "to me") to be an illogical Unix folder
> structure! so very much a newbie on this level, although slowly becoming
> clear in some area's now.
>
> anyway........
>
> could not find curl in phpinfo (at all) so i cheated on this one and
> installed cpanel and got it to do it:) and it now works:~) Just needed to
> get this one working fairly rapid.
>
> i am getting another machine at home and going to install Linux on it so I
> will be in contact again (without a doubt) if you all don't mind! in the
> meantime........
>
> which flavor of Linux would you recommend? i.e. CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora,
> Slackware, Debian! I thought of getting CentOS (Again) because it is on my
> server machine but if there is something better or recommended I will try
> that.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Etienne Andreoni <etienne.sqad_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* curl with PHP <curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Linux Curl PHP problem
>
> Hi,
>
> I think it'as a php compilation problem. Your apache do not know curl.
>
> Running a phpinfo() in a index.php file, you must see :
>
> curl cURL support enabled cURL Information libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8h
> zlib/1.2.3
> If not you must recopile php.
>
> If you can run curl in command line, it only mean that the curl bash
> library is enable. Nothing to do with php and apache.
>
> I think you must download the last php release (official web site), and
> recompile all php
>
> Try this
>
> ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
> --prefix=/usr/local/apache2/php
> --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache2/php --with-zlib --with-gettext
> --with-gdbm --with-curl=shared,/usr/local/curl --with-openssl
> --enable-mbstring
>
> Untill the curl appear in the phpinfo() it won't work.
>
> Bye
>
>
> DreamSight a écrit :
>
> Hi Again
> also just tried
>
> [root@]# yum list curl
>
> and got..........
>
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> * etc.
> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> Finished
> Installed Packages
> curl.i386 7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4 installed
> [root@]#
>
> paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark E" <mark_at_edwards.org><mark_at_edwards.org>
> To: "curl with PHP" <curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se><curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Linux Curl PHP problem
>
>
>
>
> DreamSight wrote:
>
> Hi Mark
> thank you for your reply, i did not expect that as fast:) the
> kind of Linux is "CentOS release 5.3 (Final)" up to this point I have had
> lot's of experience with windows boxes but very little with Linux Server
> (Unix) machines, I am on a fast learning curve:)
>
>
> Do a Google search on something like this:
>
> yum curl php apache
>
>
> But first, use the command "php -m" to see what modules are loaded into
> PHP. If you don't see curl listed then you need to install it. It's "yum"
> that you'd use to install packages into CentOS. So you need to make sure
> that you have the php-curl extension installed.
>
> With that done PHP and curl should work from within Apache after restarting
> Apache.
>
> You can also create a PHP file with the following code, then load the page
> in a browser to see how PHP under Apache is configured:
>
>
> <?php
> phpinfo();
> ?>
>
>
>
> Mark
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