Updating PHP on Linux - "No Packages marked for Update"?
- by Aristotle
I'm very new to server-administration, but I was thinking the task of updating PHP to 5.2+ should be relatively simple. Online I found that the following was allegedly sufficient to do this:
yum update php
But when I run this, the following is output:
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# php -v
PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Jan 13 2010 17:13:05)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# yum update php
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
* addons: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
* base: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
* extras: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
* turbopanel-base: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
* turbopanel-centos5: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
* update: p3plmirror02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
addons | 951 B 00:00
addons/primary | 201 B 00:00
base | 2.1 kB 00:00
base/primary_db | 1.6 MB 00:00
extras | 1.1 kB 00:00
extras/primary | 107 kB 00:00
extras 325/325
turbopanel-base | 951 B 00:00
turbopanel-base/primary | 72 kB 00:00
turbopanel-base 494/494
turbopanel-centos5 | 951 B 00:00
turbopanel-centos5/primary | 2.1 kB 00:00
turbopanel-centos5 8/8
update | 1.9 kB 00:00
update/primary_db | 463 kB 00:00
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# php -v
PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Jan 13 2010 17:13:05)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technolog
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# No Packages marked for Update
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# php -v
bash: No: command not found
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# [root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# php -v
bash: [root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX: command not found
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Jan 13 2010 17:13:05)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `c'
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]# Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@ip-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX /]#
My PHP version is 5.1.6 before, and after running the command. Am I being too naive here with this update process? Is there a more verbose route that is necessary for me to take?