[TYPO3-debian] offtopic but maybe an answer? Only PHP5 dotdeb on Sarge v3.1

[Steffen Müller]

Hi.

On 24.06.2007 21:11 Jordan van Bergen wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to use ONLY! php5 from dotdeb on a sarge 3.1 system and
> not MySQL5 / Apache2? I want to stick to sarge v3.1 with ONLY php5 from
> dotdeb while maintaining the stable apache/mysql from within sarge v3.1.
> 

AFAIK php5-cgi does not depend on apache2 or mysql5 or conflict with any
php4 package so it should even be safe to be used parallel with php4 for
soft migration.
If you are bound to mod_php5, you need to migrate directly, because
libapache-mod-php5 conflicts with libapache-mod-php4. Of course mod_php5
works parallel with php4-cgi.
http://dotdeb.org/howto/php5_and_php4_on_the_same_apache

So the general answer to your question is yes.
You can always simulate the installation with "aptitude -s"

Try "aptitude --without-recommends" to avoid unwanted installation of
recommended packages, which are not neccessarily needed (if there are
any recommends at all).

To find out dependencies/conflicts of a package, you can download the
.deb file locally and then view it with "usr/lib/mime/debian-view"	
It can be found in the "mime-support" package.

-- 
cheers,
Steffen