Installing Apache/MySQL/PHP

I just have a quick question....
Do i have to install Apache/MySQL/PHP with the source and compile them individually, or can i just install the rpm's ?
In every tutorial i found it has me compiling the sources, and when i talked to someone in #MySQL on IRC and guy told me to just install the rpm's and everything would be fine...
Is this true ?

Thanks X10000

triki

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Only one way to find out.
I always install those programs from source and that works fine.
I am sure I have installed it once from the redhat cds, thus using RPM.
I am sure it takes care of everything but you still need to enable the services with chkconfig so they load at boot time

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Originally Posted by triki

I just have a quick question....
Do i have to install Apache/MySQL/PHP with the source and compile them individually, or can i just install the rpm's ?
In every tutorial i found it has me compiling the sources, and when i talked to someone in #MySQL on IRC and guy told me to just install the rpm's and everything would be fine...
Is this true ?

Thanks X10000

triki

:o

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Hmm there are source rpm's. So that should not the problem I guess. It's much more stabile to compile sources at your machine because they are optimized for your memory and processor.

Of course also the binary rpm's will work fine, but might be a bit less stable then compiling stuff..

Hope this helps,