Apache2, PHP, MySql (Gentoo Linux)

I've just installed Apache, Php and MySql in my Gentoo box; I've always used these programs and servers only under Debian since they looked easier to install (or probably they looked harder to install in Gentoo :-). I actually found out that it's quite easy to install them in Gentoo either!

I followed some documents found on the web, but basically the installation procedure was even faster than that found on the web:

I put these lines in /etc/make.conf:

USE="apache2 mysql php pam ssl xml xml2 berkdb innodb jpeg png"

If you want to install also phpmyadmin, then you should also add pcre session unicode:

USE="apache2 mysql php pam ssl xml xml2 berkdb innodb jpeg png pcre session unicode"

then I simply ran:

emerge dev-db/mysql apache php

after few minutes (well... half an hour would be more appropriate) the installation terminated successfully.

I then changed the file /etc/init.d/apache2, in order to enable public_html folders for users (corresponding to the ~ directory), setting -D USERDIR:

APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 -D USERDIR"

Before starting mysql, you must create (once and for all) the mysql main database, and this can be done simply by running:

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db

then you're ready to start apache and mysql.