USE="10000 different things" for PHP????

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dhewton · Post by **dhewton** » Sat May 06, 2006 1:54 pm

Good morning,

I am a little intimidated by this: (I just ran emerge -pvu world, and this came up, and I don't recall php being so complicated)

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[ebuild     U ] dev-lang/php-5.1.4 [5.1.2] USE="apache2* berkdb cli crypt gdbm ncurses nls pcre readline reflection* session sharedmem spell spl ssl truetype xml zlib -adabas -apache -bcmath -birdstep -bzip2* -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -ctype* -curl* -curlwrappers -db2 -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fastbuild* -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -force-cgi-redirect* -frontbase -ftp* -gd* -gd-external -gmp* -hardenedphp -hash -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -inifile -interbase -iodbc -ipv6 -java-external -kerberos -ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit* -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysql -mysqli -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix* -postgres -qdbm -recode -sapdb -sasl -sharedext -simplexml* -snmp -soap* -sockets* -solid -sqlite -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -tokenizer* -unicode% -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm* -xsl* -yaz -zip*" 5,859 kB

I don't know what I don't know here. I am running my gentoo notebook as a desktop user; can someone help me determine what I am supposed to enable/not-enable here?

Thanks

Dan

pem · Post by **pem** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:40 pm

That should give you some hints:

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equery uses php

Plus if you want to test/remove features, I strongly recommend you to use ccache.

dhewton · Post by **dhewton** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:48 pm

My problem is that I don't have a clue even with the hints, what all those things are for..

To be honest, I don't really know what PHP is. <grin> I probably should be using Ubuntu or Lindows.. I am not really that technical. I have built my Gentoo system with the direction and help of all the gracious people of this forum. (I did it just to prove I could, but I don't know what I don't know)

Anyway, thanks though, I have learned the equery command through this.

Dan

tomk · Post by **tomk** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:52 pm

The php overlay has some information on the different USE flags: http://svn.gnqs.org/projects/gentoo-php ... ewUseFlags

pem · Post by **pem** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:01 pm

Well, you would meet the same issues if you were using other distros. Gentoo just gives you the possibility to configure / taylor things to better match your requirements: don't embed tons of docs if you never use it, don't install unwanted drivers if your desktop will never change, ...

For php, it is a scripting language mostly oriented to web development (php stands for personal home page). You can create tons of stuff with it: wikis, forums, blogs, e-shops, database content management, ... It's a scripting language that you generally put on your server to provide dynamic content.

dhewton · Post by **dhewton** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:03 pm

Just as ONE example, how do I know if I want a "cgi library" or not? And there are tonnes of this variables that someone with my level of expertise probably will never need to know.

I wonder if someone could just tell me what is "safe" for me to emerge with. I don't believe it is reasonable for me to learn all the different switches. I just want my system to work.

I know I don't really sound like a gentoo'er in this thread, but this list of flags just pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me realize I don't want to go that deep into this.

Thanks

Dan

dhewton · Post by **dhewton** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:06 pm

So if I am not a web developer, I don't need to bother with this then?

Dan

pem · Post by **pem** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:07 pm

Yep. Just take the defaults. If one package requires more, it will tell you so

dhewton · Post by **dhewton** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:15 pm

Bingo.

Thanks so much.

Dan