Comment 6 for bug 809400

Holy cow you're right, I definitely need to get to 5.2.17 somehow.

I've compiled PHP before with configure and make, but I'm not familiar at all with any of these other build tools you mention. I'm sure nobody wants to be teaching everyone how to do all this stuff or be doing it for them. Could you recommend any FAQ pages or wikis which would allow someone with absolutely rudimentary knowledge of compiling like myself to be able to learn how to compile packages that can properly be used with APT to satisfy dependencies?

I've heard there are the virtual packages one can use, but it strikes me that if I do not learn to compile PHP as close as possible to the Ubuntu way, I will not have the maximum level of compatibility.