how to enable or install curl on linux red hat

Hello everybody

I know that this forum is for Ubuntu , but i thought that you might help me in redhat distribution

I want to istall curl package for php5 , all i read about is that if you want to install curl you need to recompile the php , the problem is im talking about the company server that im working in , so i cant change any configuration for php .

I dont want to make any mistake in php , so problems wont happen.

So is there a way that i can install this package without recompiling the php..

in ubunto it is alot easier to install this package ... but in redhat commands are different . and im ubuntu user ..

so any body can give me a hand :)

Thank you guys for your support.

Did you install the apache or php via packages or compiled yourself?If you compiled them you have to recompile.

Hello binbash

Well to make things clear this server is a dedicated server from planet . so when we I mean the company bought the server , everything were set up .. so i didnt do anything , and things were greate . now there is a need to use curl functions in php , so i need to enable it in the php which is in the server (redhat) , i have no clue how to deal with redhat or how to add a package to php , thats why im afraid from post which says to recompile php with curl package.

so is there any easy way to do that ? Im really sorry if Im asking too much ..

Thank you for your kindness

Hey my_everything78

You have to recompile the php with '--with-curl=/opt/curl/' (/opt/curl is the dir where is curl)

I STRONGLY suggest sticking to a good howto.AND compile apache, php and curl (DonT forget to install development packages like curl-devel etc, else you will see errors while compiling)

Hello binbash

First thank you so much for fast responding .. Second , I guess Im kinda confused ...

is there any documentation that can show me in a simple way step by step what to do from the start..

as I told you im a newbie in Ubunto , regarding redhat I never even istalled it . so my knowledge there is zero..

so is it possible to find such a documentation ... I dont want to mess things in the server :(

Thank again for you support .. You so kind

my_everything78 said: Hello everybody

I know that this forum is for Ubuntu , but i thought that you might help me in redhat distribution

I want to istall curl package for php5 , all i read about is that if you want to install curl you need to recompile the php , the problem is im talking about the company server that im working in , so i cant change any configuration for php .

I dont want to make any mistake in php , so problems wont happen.

So is there a way that i can install this package without recompiling the php..

in ubunto it is alot easier to install this package ... but in redhat commands are different . and im ubuntu user ..

so any body can give me a hand :)

Thank you guys for your support.

What version of Fedora / Red Hat are you using ?

cat /etc/redhat-release

Edit: Well, anyway. Having to re-compile PHP for curl support was in old versions. just do,

# yum install curl curl-devel

Then restart your httpd server,

# service httpd restart

That should sort you out. Also make sure your server is fully updated,

# yum update