[Typo3-debian] What does the debian packages install?

[Michael Stucki]

Hi Lars,

> How is PHP compiled (and the other utils), when apt is automatically
> installing PHP?

Did you ever take the time to look at Woodys PHP4 packages?

> Is it a speciel version for Typo3 with GDlib etc. compiled ?

Hmmm... Let's see:

<--- snip ---
webmaster at ch1ws447:~$ apt-cache show typo3-env
Package: typo3-env
Source: typo3-src
Version: 3.5.0-4
Priority: extra
Section: web
Maintainer: Michael Stucki <mundaun at gmx.ch>
Depends: typo3-base (= 3.5.0-4), typo3-site-installer (= 3.5.0-4), apache,
php4, php4-mysql, exim | mail-transport-agent, mysql-server (>= 3.23.1-1),
php4-gd2, php4-cgi, imagemagick, gs, diff (>= 2.7), xpdf-utils, catdoc
Architecture: all
Filename: ./typo3-env_3.5.0-4_all.deb
Size: 4774
Installed-Size: 36
MD5sum: 10f3368a576104a6b820fe5eaf719549
Description: Powerful content management framework
 Typo3 is a Web content management system which features automatic creat...
--- snap --->

As you will see the package will - among others - depend on php4 (the base),
php4-gd2 (the GD module, 2nd version) and php4-mysql (the mysql extension).

> Will installing typo3-env make a fully functional typo3 installation, with
> all features?

Yes. Of course, you will still have to configure it. But the software is
there, though.

Cheers - michael