install zip extension using pear
 

hi.
i'm trying to install php zip extension through pecl, issuing the following command pecl install zip
but i'm getting the following error:
Quote:
running: make
/bin/sh /var/tmp/pear-build-joao/zip-1.10.2/libtool --mode=compile cc -I. -I/var/tmp/zip -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/var/tmp/pear-build-joao/zip-1.10.2/include -I/var/tmp/pear-build-joao/zip-1.10.2/main -I/var/tmp/zip -I/usr/include/php -I/usr/include/php/main -I/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/include/php/Zend -I/usr/include/php/ext -I/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c /var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c -o php_zip.lo
libtool: compile: cc -I. -I/var/tmp/zip -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/var/tmp/pear-build-joao/zip-1.10.2/include -I/var/tmp/pear-build-joao/zip-1.10.2/main -I/var/tmp/zip -I/usr/include/php -I/usr/include/php/main -I/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/include/php/Zend -I/usr/include/php/ext -I/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c /var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/php_zip.o
In file included from /var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:30:
/usr/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:29:18: error: pcre.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:30:
/usr/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:37: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:38: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:44: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘pcre’
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c: In function ‘php_zip_pcre’:
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:601: error: ‘pcre’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:601: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:601: error: for each function it appears in.)
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:601: error: ‘re’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/var/tmp/zip/php_zip.c:602: error: ‘pcre_extra’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [php_zip.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `make' failed
ideas on what might be the problem?

thanks in advance

You need to install pcre-devel. For example:

it worked,
the zip extension was installed, configured /etc/php.ini to include the extension and restarted apache and no errors were thrown.

thanks for the help