Well after getting such great help last night with a mysql question, thought I would see if anyone could help with a php install issue.

system:
PII with 512 ram
fedora 7 (moonshine
mysql is up and running
apache server is up and running
Logged in as root

when I run make install I get this error message after a while then it bumps me to the prompt;

list=''; for i in $list; do \
( cd $i ; make DESTDIR= install ); \
done
/bin/sh /usr/local/src/httpd-2.2.6/srclib/apr/libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 libaprutil-1.la /usr/local/php/lib
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libaprutil-1.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/local/apache2/lib
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/httpd-2.2.6/srclib/apr-util'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/httpd-2.2.6/srclib'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

Anyone have any ideas? cheers

Hi,


Is there any particular reason to install apache compiling it yourself? can't you install it using yum?



Regards

I do not know how to do it with yum, the literature I have ((Sam's teach yourself PHP, Mysqls and apache book) shows compiling it from binary. As well I am looking to learn as much about the process as possible. However, from the research so far, it looks like this is not an uncommon problem and one that there seems to be no fix for. I guess I might have to figure out yum as well.

From the console, as root:
Using that kind of books is very good for a learning process, however, the most common problem is that the writers assume (not always) that you'll know what packages you need to have installed in order to compile something and how to check dependencies on your own. It's not a bad thing, but it's a problem because the books (usually) aren't distribution indepdendent, so the step needed to do something could change between distributions, other books try to adapt to the most common distribution used however, it's possible that the books isn't working with the latest version of a distribution, so, procedures and steps can be unacceptable for the distribution you're using at the moment.





Regards

Wow.. that was easier.... up and running now guys.... thanks.... I know have a webpage.. lol