PHP Installation : where is apxs ?
 

greetings !

I un-tared php-4.2.1 and in the installation instructions, it tells me to install using

./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs

but I see that I don't have 'apxs'.

$ cd /
$ find . -name "*apxs*" -print
./usr/share/man/man8/apxs.8.bz2

I've httpd(v1.3.20) in Mandrake 8.1 and my apache is working fine.

I'm new to PHP and how to get this or proceed with the installation. Please reply to me in detail.

All replies are very much appreciated. Thanks.

- shanky.

Try Installing the apache-devel-1.3.20.rpm from one of your install CDs, which should put apxs in the right spot with the right configuration.

isn´t that in /usr/local/apache/bin or apache/sbin?
cheers, jens

j-ray,

its not there, anywhere !

anyway,

I was thinking of re-installing httpd itself. I downloaded the package from http://ftp.epix.net/apache/dist/httpd/ - httpd-2.0.36.tar.gz

But I don't see the executable even in it
$ tar -ztvf httpd-2.0.36.tar.gz | grep -i apxs
-rw-r--r-- striker/striker 11983 2002-03-13 12:47:40 httpd-2.0.36/docs/man/apxs.8
-rw-r--r-- striker/striker 13860 2002-05-01 13:53:02 httpd-2.0.36/docs/manual/programs/apxs.html
-rw-r--r-- striker/striker 20342 2002-04-29 11:09:02 httpd-2.0.36/support/apxs.in

where is this file located ?

-thanks-

did u already install it? i guess it will be in the bin then, but i have an older version - god luck, jens

Just in case you didn't know what I meant by install CDs, find the package I mentioned above, install it, and if you have any problems come back here, of course. :)