Until after my post I thought I had said something intelligent. Now I see how complex and different a small scale/large scale and a desktop/server can be.
This only goes to show there are no stupid questions/answers (I hope you still feel this way), just a lack of understanding by the questioner/answerer.
I had thought that the apt-get process was the way to go. I'll to go back to the sources and reread them again with your observations in mind.
I'm just glad my moodle is still small, so that I can make changes now while it's easy.
Thanks for the discussion, keep it going, as I'm learning a lot.
Lin Bailey