Plesk 8.0.0 and FreeBSD 6.0

[CruzMark]

I installed Plesk 8.0.0 on FreeBSD 6.0, just to get a look before I upgrade my 7.5.4 server.

One installation gotcha of note is that the installer tries to use gtar, but it couldn't find it until I installed the version from the ports collection.

After that, everything went smoothly.

I "prepared" the server with a few other binaries and perl modules, so I don't know if there are any other dependencies. The stuff I installed was based on my experiences installing 7.5.4, plus some other utilities I like to have.

So, there you go...

 

[Xtreme-IT]

Does is finally use the packages from the portstree? Or does the Plesk 8.0 for FreeBSD package come with precompiled non self upgradeable old versions of Apache and PHP?

 

[eilko]

the release notes says:

21. [+] SpamAssassin 3 for FreeBSD
SpamAssassin 3 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with SpamAssassin 3 included. This new SpamAssassin version further improves the quality of spam filtering, while fine-tuning SpamAssassin's already outstanding performance.

22. [*] PHP 4.4.2 upgrade for FreeBSD
PHP 4.4.2 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with PHP upgraded to 4.4.2 version. PHP 4.2.2 offers increased performance and security among other improvements.

 

[Cranky]

For FBSD you're expected to use the shipped versions, which they update periodically. For all other platforms (possibly except OSX) you can use any versions.