Re: [webmin-l] PHP & MySQL
Kris Deugau <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.webmin.general |
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| Organization | Vianet Internet Solutions |
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MAR wrote: > > I have a server I would like to upgrade MySQL and PHP on. The server is 64-bit and running CentOS 6.7. Arguably if you're on CentOS 6.7, you are, by definition, not up to date with CentOS 6. If neither Webmin nor yum run from a root shell show and updates, you're technically on 6.8 as below. > When I use yum, through Webmin, to look for packages, the highest version of MySQL it will show is 5.1.73 and PHP 5.3.3. > > Why is it that yum, through Webmin, only shows these packages and not higher level ones (even when I do a specific search)? CentOS and its upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux do not introduce "latest and most broken^W^Wgreatest" versions of upstream software like MySQL or PHP in the course of a release's supported lifetime. >From my CentOS 6 machine: [root@loki kdeugau]# cat /etc/centos-release CentOS release 6.8 (Final) [root@loki kdeugau]# rpm -q mysql mysql-5.1.73-7.el6.x86_64 [root@loki kdeugau]# rpm -q php php-5.3.3-48.el6_8.x86_64 [root@loki kdeugau]# yum check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.bhs.mirrors.ovh.net * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * extras: centos.bhs.mirrors.ovh.net * rpmforge: mirror.team-cymru.org * updates: centos.bhs.mirrors.ovh.net [root@loki kdeugau]# If you want newer versions you **may** be able to find somewhat newer upstream versions in the EPEL respository. Otherwise you'll have to upgrade the whole system to eg CentOS 7. (8 looks likely to come out some time next year.) If you want to remain on an RPM-based system, and keep up with the latest upstream releases, you may need to consider running Fedora, with its 6-month release cycle, instead of one of the Enterprise releases. If you're open to switching underlying Linux distribution entirely, you might consider Debian or one of its derivatives; depending on how current you want to stay, either the "unstable", "testing", or "stable" release streams. -kgd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot - Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at [email protected] To remove yourself from this list, go to http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list