[cobalt-users] problems with installation of php and cobalt (a easy one)

["Martin Surasky" <msurasky@xxxxxxxxx>]

I read the chapter 2 of the php manual at www.php.net that shows a "simple
yet effective" way to install php w/Apache. There are fourteen steps and
everything seems to be clear to me but, as I'm newbie here there is always a
silly question I'm afraid I cannot answer yet... here it goes.
I own a RAQ3 w/Apache already installed on it, and I configured MySQL and
DBI for Perl... I see that the steps mentioned in the installation process
for php involve some sort of re-installation of the Apache server (maybe
because it must be re-compiled?)... here is the hint that makes me think
that way (extracted from the php manual)...

"gunzip apache_1.3.x.tar.gz
tar xvf apache_1.3.x.tar
... (other steps involved php installation & configuration)
./configure -prefix=/www # (re-compile the Apache?)
... (other steps involved php installation & configuration)
./configure -prefix=/www -activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a
make # (re-build the Apache?)
make install (re-install tha Apache?)

I don't want to re-install the Apache because I spend a lot of time tuning
it for DBI but... if I must do that... how do I de-install Apache? do I have
to upload to the server the apache source to do it?... could anybody tell me
a clue about how do I now where the source files for Apache are on my server
now?

Thanks... I'm just starting... I hope to learn enough to be the one that
"answer" here and not to be the one that "question"