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configuring PHP w/ MySQL on Mandriva

Hey all,

I'm a linux noobie trying to get phpBB running on Mandriva. I already installed Apache and MySQL (server, client, libraries, headers). Now, I'm trying to get PHP working, to no avail.

I use the following:

Code:

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql --with-zlib-dir=/usr

and the process runs smoothly for a while, but then come up with this:

Code:

hecking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient... no

configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information.

the seemingly relevant part of config.log is:

Code:

configure:58276: checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient

configure:58295: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lmysqlclient  -lz -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl  -lxml2 -lz -lm -lxml2 -lz -lm 1>&5

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

configure: failed program was:

#line 58284 "configure"

#include "confdefs.h"

/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */

/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2

    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */

char mysql_close();



int main() {

mysql_close()

; return 0; }

configure:58516: checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient

configure:58535: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -Wl,-rpath,/usr -L/usr conftest.c -lmysqlclient  -lz -lz -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl  -lxml2 -lz -lm -lxml2 -lz -lm 1>&5

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

configure: failed program was:

#line 58524 "configure"

#include "confdefs.h"

/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */

/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2

    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */

char mysql_error();



int main() {

mysql_error()

; return 0; }

any ideas?

can you start mysql and get information out of it?

also, you might try to get php working and then recompile with mysql support.

You may need to tell php where mysql is. I don't remember the exact details but "--with-mysql" becomes something like "--with-mysql=/path/to/mysql"

Quote:

Originally Posted by catback

You may need to tell php where mysql is. I don't remember the exact details but "--with-mysql" becomes something like "--with-mysql=/path/to/mysql"

I'm pretty sure that it gave me the same error whether or not I defined the path to mysql.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bendsley

also, you might try to get php working and then recompile with mysql support.

so do the ./configure w/o the mysql command, then make and make install...but then how do I recompile later?

<---noob

do you have to use mandrive? debian and gentoo (for you Latch) would be a more optimal choice for web/sql hosting. Apt and emerge are much better package management tools than rpm's, if that's what you're using.

Here in a little bit, I'll post some instructions on setting this up for you. I need to try and remember installing from source.

Mandriva must use a package management system, be it apt-rpm, yum, etc. etc. Their main repository should definitely have php in it already. You may want to find out about that first.

(Thanks for the gentoo mention, bends ;) )