I have found several attempts to fix this problem on a google search, how ever I still end up with the same thing...
First, some normal details....
Apache installed just find.
Php "./configure" ends with libphp4.so not found
-cann't find libphp4.a to make one.
-install ncurses from dev source, still get same error (link needed?)
-did not install mysql, (want to use flatfiles)
Second, this apache server is on a home network without access to the net. My idea is to use it to devolpe webpages and php code before sending it to the real server, (local ip set to 192.168.1.2)
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apxs is created by Apache. Have you installed PHP from source or from binary packege. In the case of compiling PHP from source you should have installed ncurses-devel package and add option --with-ncurses to configure command of PHP. Also during configuration please look whether configure can find ncurses library or not. (Your library may be installed in non-standard place). If you are installing PHP from package, then you should install php-ncurses package too. This package contains PHP module which adds ncurses support to PHP.
In general, PHP is a language which can be compiled (by you or by Debian) with many different optional features (such as ncurses). And if you have installed PHP without ncurses support (enabled during compilation time) then simple adding of ncurses library does nothing to PHP. You must have PHP with ncurses support already.
ok, made everything clean....
reinstalled apache 2.0.55
attempted to start apache without installing php or mysql (desided to install mysql anyway, just won't use it for the current project)
get this error...
"
Syntax error on line 971 of /usr/local/apache/conf/htt
Cannot load /usr/local/apaches/libexec
"
Now, I figure teh make clean didn't remove the old conf file, since i dought that the new configure settings ...
~httpd/$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/apache --enable-so
put it in there....
However, my backup file is gone so I guess the make clean did remove the entire folder.
So this is where I am at, no point installing php or mysql until I figure out how to get libphp4.so
yeah, I know this sounds dumb, but I figure I might as well take this step by step
Okay. We will do step by step. First you need to have working Apache. As I understand, you have it. To test if all works, you can remove loading of PHP module from httpd.conf in line 971. If Apache works, we can continue.
Now you need to compile PHP. libphp4.so will be generated automatically when PHP compiles. And after compilation of PHP you need to run "make install", so PHP install all necessary files (including Apache modules).
Oh, no! :-) Don't run "make INSTALL_ROOT=/tmp install", but run "make install". Sorry for this. :-) I am always installing files not in ordinary location but in /tmp directory, so I can look what files the program contists in, and make package of them, so I can easily reinstall them later.
ok, tried configuring with the exact setting as above.....
ends with...
checking for ZLIB support... yes
checking if the location of ZLIB install directory is defined... /usr
configure: error: Cannot find libz
So... I took out the zlib parts above to see what happens....
ends with...
checking for BZip2 support... yes
checking for BZip2 in default path... ot found
configure: error: Please reinstall the BZip2
well.. guess I see a pattern here....
So.. decided that I'd take out everything except for ...
--with-apxs2=/usr/apache/b
ends with...
configure: error: Cannot find MySql header files under /usr
heh... ok... so apache works fine... now what
If you need MySQL you can install packages (mysql and mysql-devel) or compile from source. To compile MySQL you need ncurses and ncurses-devel libraries. If you install ncurses in non-standard directory you should specify locantion to configure script via --with-ncurses=<path to library, e.g. /usr/local>, --with-ncurses-lib=<path to library, e.g /usr/lib>, --with-ncurses-includes=<p
You can run "./configure --help" to see exact names of the options.
ok installed ncurses from source.....
at teh end of the ./configure i get what looks good...
bin directory: /usr/bin
lib directory: /usr/lib
etc....
now i do a search after the install and find the libs, but not the bin!
So I install mysql anyway, might as well give it a try...
a basic "./configure" without anything else returns... no error!
`make` is taking forever so i'll let you know how it goes.
By the way, before anyone else starts adding in here to help me out, I am assuming that this is going to work. I am already past the point where I started having problems before (and realized later that I do need mysql for something else anyway).
So I will be giving the points to IgorSolo, assuming this all goes well.
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by: IgorSoloPosted on 2005-11-03 at 04:19:33ID: 15216167
What apache you are building? 1.xx or 2.xx?
I am building apache like this:
1.xx:
./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/apache
<Build php here>
./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/apache --activate-module=src/modu
make
make install
2.xx:
./configure --prefix=/usr/apache --enable-so
make
make install
And for PHP:
With Apache 1.xx:
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-mysql=/usr --with-apache=../apache_1.
s --with-mod_charset --enable-calendar --with-zlib=/usr --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-gd=/
usr --with-ttf=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-t1lib=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-gettext --w
ith-iconv --with-mbstring=all --enable-mbregex --enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-exif --enable-sy
svmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-tiff-dir=/usr
make
make INSTALL_ROOT=/tmp install
With Apache 2.xx:
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/apache/b
--enable-track-vars --with-mod_charset --enable-calendar --with-zlib=/usr \
--with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-gd=/usr --with-ttf=/usr \
--with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf \
--with-gettext --with-iconv --with-mbstring=all --enable-mbregex --with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
--with-tiff-dir=/usr --enable-exif --with-png-dir=/usr \
--enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm \
--with-dom=/usr --with-dom-xslt=/usr --with-dom-exslt=/usr --with-expat-dir=/usr --enable-xslt \
--with-xslt-sablot=/usr --with-sablot-js=/usr
make
make INSTALL_ROOT=/tmp install
Path to Apache and unnecessary to you components of course should be changed.