Getting PHP on the Kindle Install the cross compilers from Emdebian: echo "deb http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ testing main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install gcc-4.3-arm-linux-gnueabi Cross compile PHP Copy it over and run: scp sapi/cli/php root@kindle:/tmp ssh root@kindle /tmp/php -v [root@kindle root]# /tmp/php -v PHP 5.3.6-dev (cli) (built: Mar 7 2011 13:42:56) Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies