Installing phpbb on Fedora-Linux Before installing phpbb the following need to be installed

Before installing phpBB the following need to be installed:

• 
  Apache HTTP Server
  
• 
  MYSQL database on Fedora
  
• 
  PostgreSQL 7.4.23database on Fedora (if you need to install postgreSQL)
  
• 
  PHP for Linux
  

1. 
   Download the Apache HTTP server httpd-2.2.6.tar.bz2 from
   

2. 
   After extracting the contents, from that folder do
   

$make

Note: you must add --enable-so to get PHP working as a module later.

3. 
   Start the HTTP server:
   

$/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

1. 
   Install mysql and mysql-server using the Add/Remove software tool in your linux machine and also include the mysql development packages (named like –devel--) for your installation.
   

1. 
   Since phpBB2 only support PostgreSQL7.x as we’ll see on the installation page. We chose to install PostgreSQL7.4.23.
   
2. 
   Go to http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v7.4.23/linux/rpms/fedora/fedora-9-i386/. Download the following 4 rpm packages:
   

postgresql-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

postgresql-server-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

postgresql-devel-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

And install them by issuing ( Please follow the exact order):

# rpm –ivh postgresql-libs-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

# rpm –ivh postgresql-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

# rpm –ivh postgresql-server-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

# rpm –ivh postgresql-devel-7.4.23-1PGDG.f9.i386.rpm

Installing PHP

1. 
   Download PHP-5.2.4.tar.bz2 from http://www.php.net/downloads.php
   
2. 
   Extract the file and from that folder (cd php-5.2.4) do:
   

--with-apxs2=/"PATH_TO_apxs"/apxs \

--with-mysql=/"PATH_TO_mysql"

--with-pgsql=/"PATH_TO_pgsql"

Where,

“PATH_TO_apxs” is /usr/local/apache/bin

"PATH_TO_pgsql" is the path of header files of pgsql. Normally it should be /usr/include/pgsql. Ignore this option if you didn’t install postgreSQL.

3. 
   If the last line says something like libxml2 not found, install it from your package manager. (install libxml2 and libxml2-devel)
   

4. 
   Do
   

$make install

5. 
   Now restart the apache server:
   

$/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop

6. 
   To test if php works write a small application, test.php: