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I would like to know, what is the different between, the build-in CentOS server web server vs I install manual with yum install httpd

I am new in CentOS. I just installed my CentOS 5.8 Server with Web Server checked. With some Google Search with LAMP installation, they listed with yum install httpd

I had check inside

/etc/init.d/

already had httpd

I try to run yum install httpd http-devel

It shows not yet installed.

What will happen if I install yum version? What should I do? What is the best practise? Should I remove the Web Server install by default with CentOS?

My goal is install LAMP (PHP v5.2.17).

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HTTPd is the default web server that installs with CentOS.

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/repodata/comps.xml:

<group>
  <id>web-server</id>
  <name>Web Server</name>
  <packagelist>
     ...
    <packagereq type="mandatory">httpd</packagereq>
 ...
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  • ya, so what if I install with yum install httpd, will it conflict? what is the best practise to setup it, due to I need to install PHP v 5.2.17
    – Shiro
    Apr 2, 2012 at 5:15
  • There is no conflict, it's the same damn package. PHP 5.2.17 isn't available in the repos though; only 5.1.6 and 5.3.3 can be installed.
    – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
    Apr 2, 2012 at 5:19
  • Oh! that's great. I have this confusion because, when I enter yum install http-d it was asking me new installation. So I have the a thought it might conflict with original package. Thanks!
    – Shiro
    Apr 2, 2012 at 6:18
  • btw, how can I check the apache version? I tried /etc/init.d/httpd -v but not working. please help
    – Shiro
    Apr 2, 2012 at 8:05
  • That's the initscript. The binary is in /usr/bin.
    – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
    Apr 2, 2012 at 8:07

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