Posted by lawrence k on 06/25/06 03:41

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> lawrence k wrote:
> > I've installed Apache 1.3.36 on my Redhat EL 3 machine. Now I'm trying
> > to install PHP 5.1.4. I can not get the ./configure command to work. I
> > keep getting this error:
> >
> > configure: error: Invalid Apache directory - unable to find httpd.h
> > under /usr/local/apache/include
> >
> > So then I run this command:
> >
> > find / -name httpd.h
> >
> > which should find every file on my machine with the name "httpd.h".
> > These are the results I get:
> >
> > /usr/local/apache/include/httpd.h
> > /home/shelley/apache_1.3.36/src/include/httpd.h
> >
> > So I've rerun the ./configure command, using this first:
> >
> > --with-apache=/usr/local/apche/include
> >
> > and since that didn't work:
> >
> > --with-apache=/home/shelley/apache_1.3.36/src/include/httpd.h
> >
> > but I get the "Invalid directory" error with both addresses.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
>
> Check the installation documentation. It's looking the base directory for
> Apache - not the Apache include directory or an include file.

I believe all the only installation documentation that exists is here:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php

I've been trying to follow the directions closely, but with no luck.



> You must also have the Apache development code installed on your system. Sorry,
> I don't use RedHat so I don't know which RPM you need.

I just downloaded the 1.3.36 source code 2 days ago and built Apache
from scratch. That part seemed to go well. Since it is a brand new
installation, I assume that everything I need is included. How would I
check otherwise?

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