**Screendump from terminal session for the installation of PHP 4 on Debian Sarge, using dotdeb:** myhost:/etc/apache2/mods-available# apt-get install php4 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php4 Suggested packages: php-pear The following packages will be REMOVED: apache2-mpm-worker The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php4 php4 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 268 not upgraded. Need to get 418kB/2033kB of archives. After unpacking 3252kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 ftp://80.237.136.138 stable/main apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.3-4+etch1 [418kB] Fetched 418kB in 0s (3244kB/s) dpkg: apache2-mpm-worker: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: apache2 depends on apache2-mpm-worker (>= 2.2.3-4+etch1) | apache2-mpm-prefork (>= 2.2.3-4+etch1) | apache2-mpm-event (>= 2.2.3-4+etch1); however: Package apache2-mpm-worker is to be removed. Package apache2-mpm-prefork is not installed. Package apache2-mpm-event is not installed. (Reading database ... 40199 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apache2-mpm-worker ... * Stopping web server (apache2)... [ ok ] Selecting previously deselected package apache2-mpm-prefork. (Reading database ... 40194 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking apache2-mpm-prefork (from .../apache2-mpm-prefork_2.2.3-4+etch1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libapache2-mod-php4. Unpacking libapache2-mod-php4 (from .../libapache2-mod-php4_6%3a4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package php4. Unpacking php4 (from .../php4_6%3a4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1_all.deb) ... Setting up apache2-mpm-prefork (2.2.3-4+etch1) ... * Starting web server (apache2)... [ ok ] Setting up libapache2-mod-php4 (4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1) ... Setting up php4 (4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1) ... myhost:/etc/apache2/mods-available# apt-get install php4-mysql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: php4-mysql 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 268 not upgraded. Need to get 18.5kB of archives. After unpacking 102kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://dotdeb.netmirror.org stable/all php4-mysql 6:4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1 [18.5kB] Fetched 18.5kB in 0s (55.7kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package php4-mysql. (Reading database ... 40204 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking php4-mysql (from .../php4-mysql_6%3a4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ... Setting up php4-mysql (4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1) ... myhost:/etc/apache2/mods-available# apt-get install php4-gd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: php4-gd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 268 not upgraded. Need to get 91.4kB of archives. After unpacking 373kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://dotdeb.netmirror.org stable/all php4-gd 6:4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1 [91.4kB] Fetched 91.4kB in 0s (906kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package php4-gd. (Reading database ... 40207 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking php4-gd (from .../php4-gd_6%3a4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ... Setting up php4-gd (4.4.7-0.dotdeb.1) ... myhost:/etc/apache2/mods-available# apt-get install phpmyadmin Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Recommended packages: php5-mcrypt php4-mcrypt php5-gd The following NEW packages will be installed: phpmyadmin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 268 not upgraded. Need to get 3606kB of archives. After unpacking 14.1MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main phpmyadmin 4:2.9.1.1-6 [3606kB] Fetched 3606kB in 0s (9771kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package phpmyadmin. (Reading database ... 40210 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking phpmyadmin (from .../phpmyadmin_4%3a2.9.1.1-6_all.deb) ... Setting up phpmyadmin (2.9.1.1-6) ... Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config.footer.inc.php with new version Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config.header.inc.php with new version Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php with new version Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/htaccess with new version * Forcing reload of web server (apache2)... [ ok ] waiting