[SOLVED] PHP installation failing due to zlib error

[VeXeR]

Hey,

I'm trying to install php on my openSUSE server, i have mysql and apache installed which seems to to be working ok but when i try to run the

./configure --prefix/usr/local/php --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2

it ends up failing with:
Configure: error: Try adding --with-zlib-dir=3D<DIR>. Please check config.log for more information.

I checked yast, and zlib is installed, i also tried running the install with the --without-zlib command but that didn't help any at all. Anyone who can help?

[wje_lf]

I'm not familiar with yast. Will it tell you where the zlib library is installed? You can research that question for yourself (I'm sorry that I don't know the answer) by looking at the yast article in wikipedia.

If yast won't tell you the directory in which the library exists, you'll have to find it somehow. You'll actually be looking for a symbolic link named libz.so. On my system, for example, that symbolic link will point to libz.so.1.2.3, which is a file by that name in the same directory.

Let's say, for example, that the directory is /usr/lib. Then say something like this:

./configure --with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib

I have no idea how that 3D got there. Don't use it.

Hope this helps.

[VeXeR]

Okay i'll have a look, my problem is that i don't have any clue where to find the zlib or i would have tried that command or parameter, but i'll check out the wiki.

And then i won't use the 3D when i find it ^^
I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks

[VeXeR]

That did the trick.

I found the zlib.so in /usr/lib, which i think is the standard location but apparently the configure didn't agree, it worked however when i used the

--with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib

Just after that i ran into another problem though where i was prompted with

configure: error: mysql configure failed

This can be fixed in somewhat the same way though by adding dir to the code like so:

--with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql

And then... finally! i got the "thank you for using PHP" woohoo
Thanks for the help