Installing Apache/Mapserver/PHP/Mapscript on linux (installing FGS)

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If you don't already have a working Mapserver running on your linux system then FGS (FOSS GIS Suite) is likely your best bet. It will easily install a standalone Apache server with Mapserver and PHP already working. Read about it at http://www.maptools.org/fgs/
Installing FGS should be as simple as the following:

• Download http://www.maptools.org/dl/fgs/self-installers/fgs-mapserver_phpmapscript_4.8.2-1.2-linux-i386.bin
• cd to the directory which contains the newly downloaded fgs-mapserver_phpmapscript_4.8.2-1.2-linux-i386.bin
• sudo +x fgs-mapserver_phpmapscript_4.8.2-1.2-linux-i386.bin
• ./fgs-mapserver_phpmapscript_4.8.2-1.2-linux-i386.bin
• Follow the directions in the install progrram.

Note: A popular place to install FGS is at /opt/fgs. Or you could do it in your home directory. - I believe that the install script will detect if you already have a web server running and will default to an unused port number. If you do have a server already running on port 80 them make sure you give the installer an unused port.

• echo ". /opt/fgs/setenv.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
• /opt/fgs/www/bin/apachectl start

That should do it. You should now be able to add all your web content to /opt/fgs/www/htdocs, including PHP files.
Now, to install ka-Map check out: Preparing ka-Map