CentOS - Sep 2016 - Using pkgs from centos repos or building pkgs myself?

Hello,
I'm a new centos user, finding that some packages are a little old.
How do you solve this kind of problems? I want to install newer php.
Thank you.

Sincerely,
Xuwen

On 09/11/2016 03:38 PM, Xuwen Fang wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a new centos user, finding that some packages are a little old.
> How do you solve this kind of problems? I want to install newer php.
> Thank you.
Hi,
read this:
https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
In particular SCL may fit your needs.

On 11 September 2016 at 15:38, Xuwen Fang <fxuwen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a new centos user, finding that some packages are a little old.
> How do you solve this kind of problems? I want to install newer php.
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Xuwen
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You can save yourself some trouble and use CentOS SCL [0]

[0] https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL

-- 
Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,
Xuwen

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Earl A Ramirez <earlaramirez at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 11 September 2016 at 15:38, Xuwen Fang <fxuwen at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm a new centos user, finding that some packages are a little
old.
> > How do you solve this kind of problems? I want to install newer php.
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Xuwen
> > _______________________________________________
> > CentOS mailing list
> > CentOS at centos.org
> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> >
>
> You can save yourself some trouble and use CentOS SCL [0]
>
> [0] https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL
>
> --
> Kind Regards
> Earl Ramirez
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>