[SOLVED] php installation problems with SUSE

nonshatter · 09-02-2010, 11:05 AM

Hi all,

I've installed php onto apache numerous times but I am really having difficulties using Suse.

We already have apache2 installed on our development server and we want php installed on top - no problem... or so I thought.

I think the problem is that there is no apxs2 in the file system. And also the libphp5.so module isn't being created by the php installation.

Can anyone shed some light on this or does anyone know what packages could be missing? Where could I get apxs2 or the php module from?

Many Thanks, Nonshatter

nonshatter · 09-02-2010, 11:46 AM

Sorry again, I'm making a habit of starting a new thread then solving the problem moments later! I do apologise.

The apxs2 binary wasn't being found with locate, but I randomly stumbled across it in another directory, then all that was required was to restart the php configuration process with the apxs2 path. I did run into another problem at the end of the make install [apxs:Error: Config file /etc/apache2/httpd2-prefork.conf not found.] which was solved by the following instructions:

Quote:

SuSE uses a rather fragmented set of Apache configuration files stored in /etc/apache2/. When you configure PHP 5.x with:

$ ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs2
$ make

everything builds just fine; but when you issue:
$ su -c "make install"

the unconventional Apache conf file layout confuses the install-sapi section of the Makefile and the process halts with the following error:

apxs:Error: Config file /etc/apache2/httpd2-prefork.conf not found.
make: *** [install-sapi] Error 1

At this point only the PHP SAPI library has been copied into place; the rest of the files (like PEAR scripts, PHP-CLI, etc) have not been installed. But never fear! You can overcome this problem with the following steps:

1. Edit Makefile and change the following line to remove "install-sapi":
install_targets = install-sapi install-cli install-pear install-build install-headers install-programs

2. Issue the make install command again:
$ su -c "make install"

3. Add the PHP module & type instructions to the Apache configuration. As root, create a new file, /etc/apache2/conf.d/php5.conf that contains the following lines:

LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/libphp5.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php php

--- And that's it. Everything else is just as the documentation suggests it should be.

TB0ne · 09-02-2010, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonshatter

Hi all,
I've installed php onto apache numerous times but I am really having difficulties using Suse.

We already have apache2 installed on our development server and we want php installed on top - no problem... or so I thought.

I think the problem is that there is no apxs2 in the file system. And also the libphp5.so module isn't being created by the php installation.

Can anyone shed some light on this or does anyone know what packages could be missing? Where could I get apxs2 or the php module from?
Many Thanks, Nonshatter

Don't know what you've installed or how, or on what version of SuSE. But on my openSUSE11.3 box now (and 11.xx before that), PHP installation was a breeze.

Go into YAST->Software Management->Search and look for PHP. I believe the relevant modules are PHP5, apache2-mod_perl, apache2-mod_php5, and PHP5. There are other PHP related modules that you can grab too, but I think those are the basic ones. Should have to install them, and restart Apache.