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Ok I did tar zxf libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz and it made a folder in my root folder. Is it ok there? Is that all I have to do? I didn't see any installing instructions in the folder.
Originally posted by squirellplaying Ok I did tar zxf libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz and it made a folder in my root folder. Is it ok there? Is that all I have to do?
No - you need to install it.
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Originally posted by squirellplaying I didn't see any installing instructions in the folder.
Well I was surprised that there were no instructions so I downloaded the file myself and oddly enough there was a file called "INSTALL" which contained all the installation instructions.
Ok. So I downloaded the zlib file. did ./configure, then make test, then make install. When back to the libpng files and followed the directions. After the make I tried the php configure commands and still got the same error. I don't understand what I'm doing at all.
Originally posted by squirellplaying Can I just do ./configure make make install. Do I need all those other commands?
Which other commands?
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Originally posted by squirellplaying Ok. So I downloaded the zlib file. did ./configure, then make test, then make install. When back to the libpng files and followed the directions. After the make I tried the php configure commands and still got the same error.
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