Lighttpd on FreeBSD¶
(If you don't want PHP skip step 2)
Step 1. Verify ports installation¶
You should have a recent ports tree installed on your system. If you have not updated your ports tree recently, please do so before continuing. If you do not have a ports tree installed, you can use the portsnap utility to install or update it. I find this to be an extreemly quick way (under 15 minutes on a decent broadband connection) to install the full ports tree. And you don't even have to worry about cvsup or setting up configuration files.
Download most recent ports snapshot:
$ sudo portsnap fetch or # portsnap fetch
Example output:
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. Fetching public key from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Fetching snapshot generated at Fri Mar 16 19:19:25 CDT 2007: dbc38dfcfd2f738fc6ffa7c9d6b1b583982a39c19db371 32% of 46 MB 212 kBps 02m33s (... download continues ...) dbc38dfcfd2f738fc6ffa7c9d6b1b583982a39c19db371100% of 46 MB 202 kBps 00m00s Extracting snapshot... done. Verifying snapshot integrity... done. Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Updating from Fri Mar 16 19:19:25 CDT 2007 to Sat Mar 17 04:02:50 CDT 2007. Fetching 3 metadata patches.. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 0 metadata files... done. Fetching 19 patches.....10.... done. Applying patches... done. Fetching 4 new ports or files... done.*
Extract snapshot:
$ sudo portsnap extract or # portsnap extract
Example output:
(... a lot of directories ...) /usr/ports/x11/xsnow/ /usr/ports/x11/xstarroll/ /usr/ports/x11/xstroke/ /usr/ports/x11/xtacy/ /usr/ports/x11/xtattr/ /usr/ports/x11/xterm/ /usr/ports/x11/xtermcontrol/ /usr/ports/x11/xtermset/ /usr/ports/x11/xtestpicture/ /usr/ports/x11/xtoolwait/ /usr/ports/x11/xtrlock/ /usr/ports/x11/xtset/ /usr/ports/x11/xvattr/ /usr/ports/x11/xvkbd/ /usr/ports/x11/xwatchwin/ /usr/ports/x11/xwit/ /usr/ports/x11/xxkb/ /usr/ports/x11/xzoom/ /usr/ports/x11/yakuake/ /usr/ports/x11/yalias/ /usr/ports/x11/yelp/ /usr/ports/x11/zenity/ Building new INDEX files... done.
Step 2. Install PHP 5¶
cd /usr/ports/lang/php5 $ sudo make config or # make config
Verify that CGI and FastCGI are checked (default), and you want to enable REDIRECT as well. Choose ok. (Perhaps discard-path support as well?)
Now to compile and install it:
$ sudo make install clean or # make install clean
Step 3. Install lighttpd¶
cd /usr/ports/www/lighttpd $ sudo make config or # make config
Verify whatever options you want for your installation of lighttpd.
Now to compile and install it:
$ sudo make install clean or # make install clean
Step 4. Post install configuration¶
Refer to TutorialLighttpdAndPHP for more fun.
Updated by Anonymous about 12 years ago · 11 revisions