Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Configuration Error

andrew wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to get PHP installed to work as a module for Apache. I am very
>new to this process. Here is my problem
>
>Following the instructions at
>http://us2.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache.php
>
>Everything went well until I tried step 10:
>
>Now, configure your PHP.  This is where you customize your PHP
>    with various options, like which extensions will be enabled.  Do a
>    ./configure --help for a list of available options.  In our example
>    we'll do a simple configure with apache 1 and MySQL support.  Your
>    path to apxs may differ from our example.
>
>      ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/www/bin/apxs
>
>The error I get is "Configuring extensions
>checking whether to enable LIBXML support... yes
>chechking libxlm2 install dir... no
>configure:error: xml2-config not found. Please check your libxml2
>installation"
>My system is Red Hat 8. (I am also new to Linux). I checked and I have no
>xml2-config file on my drive.When I googled this error message I found
>nothing that made sense to me.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Andrew
>
>
You will need to download and install libxml2
(http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html) or else disable xml support when
configuring php.

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