Creating user and group for mysqlmysql #groupadd mysql #useradd -g mysql mysql Get source from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#source Unpack the package using the following command #tar -xvf mysql-5.x.x.tar.gz #cd mysql-5.x.x #./configure –prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.x.x Then compile & install #make #make install Then create a symbolic link ‘mysql’ pointing to mysql-5.x.x(Installation directory) #ln -s /usr/local/mysql-5.0.37/ /usr/local/mysql  (Generally mysql installation path [...]

Get the source from http://www.php.net/download.php (php-5.x.x.tar.gz) Prerequisites Apache webserver Mysql Installation Goto the directory use this command to unpack the file tar -xvf php-5.x.x.tar.gz cd php-5.x.x ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/php –with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs –with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql * –prefix specifies the location where PHP is to be installed . * –with-apxs2 pointing to bin/apxs in the apache installation directory. * –with-mysql to [...]