Apache installation

I did install APR and APR-Util

now i am getting the following error.  Isn't that PCRE comes with the apache.

I installed it but its still complains.

configure: error: pcre-config for libpcre not found. PCRE is required and available from http://pcre.org/

[root@linux httpd-2.4.2]# ./configure
checking for chosen layout... Apache
checking for working mkdir -p... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Configuring Apache Portable Runtime library ...

checking for APR... yes
  setting CC to "gcc"
  setting CPP to "gcc -E"
  setting CFLAGS to " -g -O2 -pthread"
  setting CPPFLAGS to " -DLINUX=2 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE"
  setting LDFLAGS to " "

Configuring Apache Portable Runtime Utility library...

checking for APR-util... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for pcre-config... false
configure: error: pcre-config for libpcre not found. PCRE is required and available from http://pcre.org/

Is there a specific reason you are compiling rather than using a package manager of some sort ?

As maeltar said, if you don't need to compile it, just run it with a package manager like
"yum install package".  If you need to compile it, try uninstalling APR-util and reinstalling it.

As the following article says, your APR-util maybe older than the apache version-

http://www.hackersgarage.com/installing-apache-2-4-1-from-source-on-centos-6-2-linux.html

try yum install "Web Server" as root from the cli...

it would help if you said what distro you were using.

Hi drj003,

I tried the article you mentioned here.

cd /usr/local/src/httpd-2.4.1/srclib/
wget http://mirror-cybernet.lums.edu.pk/pub/apache//apr/apr-util-1.4.1.tar.bz2
wget http://mirror-cybernet.lums.edu.pk/pub/apache//apr/apr-1.4.6.tar.bz2
tar -jxf apr-1.4.6.tar.bz2
tar -jxf apr-util-1.4.1.tar.bz2
mv apr-1.4.6 apr
mv apr-util-1.4.1 apr-util
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-so --enable-deflate --enable-expires --enable-headers --enable-rewrite --with-included-apr --with-included-apr-util
make
make install



http://www.hackersgarage.com/installing-apache-2-4-1-from-source-on-centos-6-2-linux.html

i am getting this error at the end.

checking for pcre-config... false
configure: error: pcre-config for libpcre not found. PCRE is required and available from http://pcre.org/
[root@linux httpd-2.4.2]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

I just installed php version by downloading the source file from the website.

I tried to create a small php file with the phpinfo() and its shows 5.1.6.

How can i fix this. please advise.

http://www.php.net/downloads.php

[root@linux01 ~]# php -v
PHP 5.4.5 (cli) (built: Jul 31 2012 02:42:45)
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

[root@linux01 ~]# /usr/bin/php -v
PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Jun 27 2012 12:21:13)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies

[root@linux01 ~]# /usr/local/bin/php -v
PHP 5.4.5 (cli) (built: Jul 31 2012 02:42:45)
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

Did you install Apache from source using my instructions?

it worked. but i removed and installed using yum install command now.

[root@linux01 ~]# httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.3
Server built:   Jun  6 2012 10:00:42

[root@linux01 ~]# rpm -qa httpd
httpd-2.2.3-65.el5.centos

my question is there are some situation we may need to install the latest versions.

in my case i installed latest version of php by compiling source code

when i run /usr/bin/php -v shows older version there for when i write a small php file using phpinfo() method its shows older version.

when i run php -v shows new version
[root@linux01 ~]# php -v
PHP 5.4.5 (cli) (built: Jul 31 2012 02:42:45)

how can i fix so that phpinfo() will show the latest version of php

Yes, there were several posts above that recommended using a package manager.  It seemed as though you wanted to install from source, which is why I gave the steps and tested it myself.

As far as a PHP installation; I think that should really be a seperate case/new post.

i am creating a sep. post can you help me

Well, I'm at work now, but I may be able to try to help.  If not, there are many capable people on this site that can.