RE: [cobalt-users] Qube 3, IMAP, MySQL, PHP question from inexperienced new owner: be gentle!

[Hendrik Runte <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 4. Well, I think it\\\'s best to install PHP from the original tar
> ball
> coming
> > from php.net. There are some compile options which are helpful:
> > 
> > ./configure\\\' \\\'--with-mysql=/usr\\\'
> \\\'--with-imap=/usr/src/imap-2000b/\\\' \\\'-with-
> > gd\\\' \\\'-with-zlib\\\' \\\'--enable-track-vars\\\' \\\'--with-apxs\\\'
> \\\'--with-jpeg\\\' \\\'--with-png\\\'
> > 
> > --with-mysql=/usr
> > option for including mysql into the compilation. tells php where to
> find the
> > database (/usr)
> > 
> > --with-imap=/usr/src/imap-2000b/
> > using imap with the specified path
> > 
> > ... and so on. Don\\\'t forget to retrieve the software you want to
> use
> with php
> > first. ;-)
> 
> Thanks very much for your help in your reply, Hendrik. The weird
> quoting
> does make it a bit difficult to parse, but I get the idea! <g>
> 
> I definitely didn\'t install with all those options, so I\'ve got some
> recompiling to do. And one option gives me slight pause: when I went
> on
> my desperate search for IMAP, the one I found was a Beta of IMAP 2001,
> which I assume is probably OK. But when I provided the path, after
> much
> fiddling I just specified /usr/src, which seemed to work. Did I
> accidentally point to the wrong IMAP? It seems to be working!
> 
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Yeah, the quoting is cruel... Sorry for that. I forgot that I switched 
magic_quotes off in php.ini. That is why all special characters are ecaped out 
with this slash.

To find out where are your imap sources just type 
1. updatedb (as root)
2. locate imap2001

Regards,


Hendrik Runte