On 2012-10-26 17:14, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:26 AM, robp2175
> <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
>> I want to have a couple of php web pages on my backuppc server, but I will 
>> need to install php in order to do this. However, I am hesitant to install 
>> it for fear that this may break my BackupPC installation. Can anyone offer 
>> any definitive information regarding what the effect of installing the php 
>> packages would be?
>>
> 
> It is not a problem in general - you just need to make sure that you
> don't clobber the apache config section for backuppc when adding other
> applications.    Most things that are packaged as rpms or debs for
> linux distributions split out their own parts of the apache
> configuration into separate files that are included by the main one to
> reduce the chance of conflicts.   In RH/Centos these are in
> /etc/httpd/conf.d/ - not sure about debian/ubuntu but I think they use
> a similar scheme under /etc/apache2/conf.d.

That is precisely what happens, Les.

I run several other apps on one of my BackupPC servers with no issues, Rob.
You'll be fine unless your install process involves running "make install".
Then you'll only *probably* be fine.

Regards,
Tyler

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