Plesk v10.2.0 - Add components - How to upgrade to PHP 5.3.8??

[NewGuy1]

Hello folks,

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am new to having a VDS and I'm a bit Linux handicapped, so be gentle please!

I have an application that will not install on my VDS, stating that it needs php 5.2 or better. My current install is 5.1.6 which is what came with the VDS package. I see that 5.3.8 is out and stable, so I am a few versions behind!

When I go through the Plesk to update/add components through Parallels it shows "php5 support"...but no way to update. I don't see any way through the control panel anywhere to do this.

I used PUTTY to access the server in superuser mode. Did # YUM UPDATE PHP
It did not seem to change anything:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
addons | 951 B 00:00
addons/primary | 202 B 00:00
base | 1.1 kB 00:00
base/primary | 954 kB 00:00
base 2683/2683
extras | 2.1 kB 00:00
extras/primary_db | 183 kB 00:00
update | 1.9 kB 00:00
update/primary_db | 627 kB 00:00
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

I have several sites hosted on the server and I wanted to upgrade, versus removing the 5.1.6 and custom settings. I would assume there is an easy way to update to the newest version without taking down the whole thing?

Hosting is GoDaddy VDS, if that makes any difference. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[IgorG]

Run /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/autoinstaller and select in menu "PHP5.3 support".

 

[NewGuy1]

Thanks! Tech support also got back to me at the same time....quite unexpected on a late Sunday evening.

Turned out I just needed to check for updates from the OFFICIAL Parallels server and not the mirror. For some reason the mirror was the default and didn't have anything new listed. Like usual, some setting preprogrammed by GoDaddy to make my life miserable for an hour or two.

Got Plesk updated AND the php5.3 in a matter of minutes after your reply. THANK YOU!