Trying to run 2.8 php/lighttpd issues

[somus1735]

First off I'm running CentOS 5, trying to run 2.8 of rutorrent.

It was suggested to use Lighttpd on an alternate port 81, to avoid issues with my apache already running on 80.
I installed Lighttpd with no issues to speak of until I got to php.

When I run
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yum install lighttpd-fastcgi php-cliCentOS can't find a package for php-cli, as a result Lighttpd won't start because I've uncommented those lines for mod_fastcgi. I tried looking for a package I could install to fix this issue but haven't had any luck. Is another way to get this working? End result I just want to use rutorrent, this is just the method I found suggested, CentOS is a popular distro I'm confused why this is even an issue.

Suggestions?

 

[das329717]

mmh, if you are running apache with PHP the package should already be there.

What do you get as result on the console with
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rpm -qa |grep php​

and
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php -v

 

[shwetha17]

worst case scenario you could compile php from source. It's not THAT hard.

also, if he is running php with apache most likely he is running mod_php which isn't the same as the php which lighttpd needs.

(lighttpd needs php-cgi compiled with support for fast cgi)