Install Zend Studio on Fedora Core 5

Installing Zend Studio 5.2 on Fedora Core is a bit of a trick but well worth the effort. Here's how I did it. Here's what I did -- best I can remember. (Don't blame if it doesn't work, all my sources are documented below.) First I went to Zend.com. I clicked on try it. I logged in as a returning user. I downloaded the file, the linux x86 version, to some where and untarred it. I put it in my /home/user/tmp folder where all my downloads go. I then opened up terminal and changed directory to the file's location (cd /home/user/tmp). I discovered the untarred ZendStudio-5_2_0.bin. I made sure the file was executable by typing ls -al and checking for the executable bit. I didn't need to but I had needed to make it executable I would have typed chmod 0755 ZendStudio*.bin. I “su'd” to root (type su and at the prompt enter your password) and then just typed ./ZendStudio*.bin. No install. I only got an error: “blah blah gclib something.” Bottom line: it won't install. I did some research and found this. So in the terminal I did this: ZEND=ZendStudio-5_1_0.bin cp "$ZEND" "$ZEND.BAK" cat "$ZEND.BAK" | sed "s/export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/#xport LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/" > "$ZEND" That allowed me to start the install process – a nice friendly graphical installer. I then tried to start Zend Studio by typing ./ZDE. But that produced an error too. So I had to go to /usr/local/Zend/ZendStudio-5_2_0/bin Their I edited ZDE. Comment out line 1488 Then starting the program was as easy as typing ./ZDE I didn't want to launch ZDE from terminal all the time so here's what I did. Right click on the upper panel. Select “add to panel.” From /usr/local/Zend/ZendStudio-5_2_0/bin as root: mkdir /usr/share/pixmaps/zend cp *.png /usr/share/pixmaps/ cd /usr/share/pixmaps/zend chmod 0644 /usr/share/pixmaps/zend/* I selected “Custom Application Launcher.” I gave it a name and generic name. In the command field I entered the path to ZDE. Clicked on “no icon.” Browsed to Zend. Picked the 32 Icon. And that's it. Now I've got a nice launcher and Zend Studio 5.2. Overall I love Zend Studio. When they get a new release I download a trial version but as of yet I still can't afford a copy. Bummer! I've tried a lot of PHP IDE's and Zend is the best. My second choice is PHP Eclipse or Quanta Plus. But anyway for the next 30 days I'll be in Nirvana.