If you don't want it to pull in Apache, then you need to install php5 and php5-cgi. So, "sudo aptitude install -R php5 php5-cgi" would not install Apache.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Bodhi Zazen <[email protected]>wrote: > I was directed to this mailing list from #ubuntu-motd > > I am looking at php-fpm which is a patch to php5. > > I can build it from source with no problem and was wondering how to > incorporate it into the Ubuntu php5 packaging, which is a bit complex. > > As I look at php5 I see it is a meta package and lists some apache packages > as dependencies. > > However, these apache dependencies are not needed if one is running > lighttpd , nginx, or other http server. > > So with that in mind ... > > First has there been any thought or discussion into changing the > dependencies for php5 to incorporate other http servers (it would seem that > part would be easy). If not I would respectfully suggest considering such a > change (otherwise php5 pulls in apache-common and one has to then stop > apahce and remove it from the boot scripts). > > Second, are there any suggestions on how to package php5-fpm ? The patched > php code would replace php5-common as far as I can tell, but how to > incorporate that change into the meta package ? > > I should say that I am new to packaging and am considering providing > php-fpm in a ppa and am looking for advice on how to start ? > > At this time it is easy to php-fpm on nginx, from php / fpm source ) which > makes for a light weight http server , yet very fast (at least with static > pages and php). Perfect for a VPS (with 256 Mb RAM). Any advice ? > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >
-- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
