Subject: RE: newbie can't "./configure"
To: Scott Flodin <scott@scottflodin.com>
From: Piers Hearn <endareth@spamcop.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/01/2002 16:13:06
Just a quick thought, but why aren't you using pkgsrc for this? Apache and 
PHP are both in there, would have thought it would be much easier for you.

At 15:22 1/10/2002, Scott Flodin wrote:
>Thanks, that makes sense. But these PHP instructions specifically say to 
>do that in order to re-configure Apache with PHP. But you're right -- the 
>Apache directory doesn't have a "configure" command.
>
>1.  gunzip apache_xxx.tar.gz
>2.  tar -xvf apache_xxx.tar
>3.  gunzip php-xxx.tar.gz
>4.  tar -xvf php-xxx.tar
>5.  cd apache_xxx
>6.  ./configure --prefix=/www --enable-module=so
>7.  make
>8.  make install
>9.  cd ../php-xxx
>10. ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/www/bin/apxs
>11. make
>12. make install
>
>
>At 1:14 AM -0400 10/1/02, Sporleder, Matthew \(CCI-Atlanta\) wrote:
>>./configure is saying "run configure in the current directory."
>>So if you you're doing this and you're not in a directory with a 
>>"configure" command.  It will not work.
>>Usually ./configure is only needed when you are installing from source 
>>and if you installed all of the packages, then you shouldn't have to do this.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Scott Flodin [mailto:scott@scottflodin.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:09 AM
>>To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>>Subject: newbie can't "./configure"
>>
>>
>>Is the command "./configure" a basic one in UNIX or do I need to
>>install software to be able to do this?
>>
>>I'm following the directions to install and configure PHP into
>>Apache. But when I type "./configure" the response is "command not
>>found." I've installed all the necessary packages for Apache and PHP.
>>
>>Here's the directions I'm following:
>>http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache.php
>>
>>I'm running NetBSD 1.5
>>
>>Thanks in advance for help.
>>
>>Scott Flodin
>>scott@scottflodin.com