Thanks! Actually, the thing I'm most unclear about is what all the output files are and where they go. I saw on another Web page that php4 is the only file that matters, so I'll try that this afternoon. But it seems that a lot of other files are generated, too.
Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erdmut Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: Need help building php4 > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:30:55PM -0800, jennyw wrote: > > I've run into some problems with php4 and it's been suggested I recompile > > php4. The problem is ... I've never done this before, and reading the > > directions is leaving me with a few questions. First, am I getting the right > > files? I typed "apt-get source php4" and then found the files in /etc/apt. > > > > The instructions said to run configure in the php4 source directory which I > > did (to compile the dynamic module). When this is done, the script says that > > it's the CGI version ... I don't think this is what I want ... What I want > > is to be able to use mod_php4, like what I have currently (except that the > > current install has a few issues, hence the recompile: e.g. it says that > > squirrel mail is redefining functions when it's not). > > as with any autoconf-generated configure script, you can always run > > ./configure --help > > to get a list of all available configure options. Among these, you'll > find --with-apxs and --prefix, etc. and a whole bunch of --with-* or > --enable-* options, some of which might apply here. > > To build the dynamically loadable apache module (DSO), you probably > need at least something like > > ./configure --with-apxs > > (or "./configure --with-apxs=/usr/bin/apxs", if apxs should not be > found for some reason) > > plus some other --with-* options (e.g. --with-mysql). Also, the > --prefix[=DIR] option might come in handy to get "make install" to put > the stuff in the right directories. For the purpose at hand, though, it > might suffice to manually copy the libphp4.so file to /usr/lib/apache/1.3/, > the rest should already have been setup correctly upon installation of > the original php4 deb-package. > > The INSTALL document that comes with php includes some more details, in > particular the section VERBOSE INSTALL, subsections 2a and 4a. > > You probably also need to get the apache-dev package, as this includes > the apxs tool. Along similar lines, always check whether there is some > developer package, in case you find something is missing when trying > to build things from sources (this might happen for some of the other > --with-* options...). > > As usual, http://packages.debain.org/ is your friend, if you need to > locate which package a specific file is contained in. Also see > > http://packages.debian.org/testing/web/php4.html > > for the list of php add-on modules that are built into the regular > deb-package. If you need the associated funtionalities, you might (or > might not) need to specify the appropriate --with-* or --enable-* > option to configure, depending on the defaults in effect (see the > output of --help). > I'm not a PHP expert (personally prefer mod_perl), so I can't tell you > any details on which options you most probably want, and how to get > those working properly -- I assume there is some PHP list to post > specific questions to... > > Good luck > > -- > Erdmut Pfeifer > science+computing ag > www.science-computing.de > > -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! -- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
