Ubuntu 6.06

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WARNING: This page was written by a php neophyte and these instructions may result in a less-than-secure installation

First, there seems to be no issue with the 64-bit architecture if you use the source release. However, Ubuntu 6.06 ships with php5 and KT does not support that, so there is a bit of extra configuration needed.

• Download the source release of php 4 from http://php.net. You can (and should) do this in a user account.
• Untar the source release, change into the appropriate directory and configure with a custom prefix ./configure --prefix=/home/php4 and then make, make test, and sudo make install
• copy the php.ini-recommended file from the php distribution to /home/php4/lib/php.ini and customize it as appropriate
• Configure your webserver as follows....

ScriptAlias /php4-cgi /home/php4/bin/php
AddHandler php4-cgi .php4
Alias /dms /home/dms/knowledgeTree
<Directory /home/dms/knowledgeTree>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   AddHandler php4-cgi .php
   Action php4-cgi /php4-cgi
   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

At this point, you should be able to follow the rest of the normal instructions and, at a minimum, get up and running. It is quite possible that this approach will permit users to bypass normal .htaccess files and leave your system a bit vulnerable. Make sure you investigate this if it matters to you.

Using PHP4 from Ubuntu

Instead of using PHP4 from source, why not use php4-cgi as provided by Ubuntu in the Universe repository?

$ sudo aptitude install php4-cgi

Then use the following in your Apache configuration (I use this in a virtual host config specific to KnowledgeTree):

       DocumentRoot /var/www/ktdms
       ScriptAlias /php4-cgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php4
       AddHandler php4-cgi .php4
       <Directory /var/www/ktdms/>
               Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
               AddHandler php4-cgi .php
               Action php4-cgi /php4-cgi
               AllowOverride All
       </Directory>