OK, thanks much -- the strange thing is when I did emerge -s php how come I did not see the php4 packages -- only the php5 ones?
Also, is there any way while doing a search to see the reason for a package being masked? Thanks again. on Tuesday 01/09/2007 Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gian Domeni Calgeer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 09 January 2007 12:46 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get php4 > > > > > > Am Dienstag, 9. Januar 2007 13:36 schrieb John covici: > > > Hi. I have some apps which need php4 and the appropriate > > modules for > > > apache2 and other things like php-pear -- how do I get them into > > > gentoo. All I found was php5 which will break some apps > > which I will > > > need to install. > > > > Hi > > > > Try "emerge -va =dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r6" > > > > Gian > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > As a more general learning point I would add (for the benefit of the OP) > that if you want to emerge a specific package you do: > > emerge =category/pacakage-<version> > > Available versions can be seen by doing: > > ls /usr/portage/dev-lang/php/*.ebuild > > Which should list all php ebuilds available. > > Cheers > > David > Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of > success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this list. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
