php_install_ubuntu1210.py

#! /usr/bin/python
""" PHP install script. Tested with ubuntu 12.10"""

import os

ubuntu_packs = [
    "mysql-server",
    "mysql-client",
    "libxml2-dev",
    "libicu-dev",
    "g++",
    "libzzip-dev",
    "libcurl4-nss-dev",
    "libcurl4-openssl-dev",
    "libreadline6-dev",
    "autoconf",
    ]

php_opts = [
    "enable-ftp",
    "enable-mbstring",
    "enable-intl",
    "enable-pcntl",
    "enable-soap",
    "with-mysql",
    "with-pdo-mysql",
    "with-openssl",
    "with-zlib",
    "enable-zip",
    "with-curl",
    "with-readline"
    ]

# install ubuntu packs
for packname in ubuntu_packs:
    os.system("sudo apt-get -y install {0}".format(packname))

# configure PHP
os.system("./configure " + " ".join(["--" + opt for opt in php_opts]))

# build and install PHP
os.system("""
make
sudo make install
    """)