Posted by David Haynes on 06/25/06 09:26

lawrence k wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> David Haynes wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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 don't think you need to use --with-apache.
>>> I think you need to use --with-apxs2 instead.
>>> At least that works on my Fedora Core 4 system.
>>>
>>> -david-
>>>
>> David,
>>
>> You're right - it's been a while since I compiled PHP - and I have a script to
>> do it now.
>>
>> Except in his case it should be --with-apxs as he's using Apache 1.x.
>
> Okay, I'm now ending my configure command with this line:
>
> --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache
>
> and I get this error:
>
> "The output of /usr/local/apache follows
> ./configure: line 4219: /usr/local/apache: is a directory
> configure: error: Aborting"
>
> I also tried:
>
> --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/include/httpd.h
>
> but I got a "Permission denied" error, which I don't take seriously
> since I didn't get it before, and, anyway, I'm logged in as root
>
> What should --with-apxs be pointing to, while I'm installing PHP 5.1.4
> on Apache 1.3.36?
>
apxs is a program.
Assuming you do not supply --prefix= in your configuration, it would be
in /usr/local/bin and the configuration line would be:
--with-apxs=/usr/local/bin/apxs

-david-

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