[GTALUG] Clean Ubuntu Install Tips

[Kevin Cozens]

On 15-06-11 06:51 PM, Stephen wrote:
> But the last one, to 12.04 broke my PHP and the only solution I have found
> is to do a clean install.

That might be a simple way to try and fix things but I wouldn't think it 
should be the only way.

You don't say in which way it is broken. You could downgrade PHP, remove all 
packages that have anything to do with PHP and reinstall from your distros 
PHP package, or you could remove all existing PHP packages and install a 
version you built from source.

Another thing is whether the problem is simply a configuration error in 
Apache. You can run some tests on PHP using 'php -a' at a command line to 
run it interactively and see if it appears to be functional or not.

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