Phil, The rpm stands for "RedHat Package Manager" and was written by them. They have allowed others to use it so the rpm is now meant to stand for something else.
The rpm format allows for all dependencies, so it is likely to be less problematical than the tar.gzip versions (though it depends on how well the rpm installation part was written). The rpm format is intended for the unix layouts that use it, tar.gz is more general, though that does not mean that tar.gz is any worse. If you have a full installation of RedHat, you will already have apache, php, mysql and postgresql, so the only reason for wanting to change them is if you need to upgrade. HTH Chris Phil Schwarzmann wrote: >What exactly are these linux redhat rpm packages? Is this an 'easier' >way to install mysql/php ?? > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
