Package: apache2-common Version: 2.0.48-7 Severity: wishlist Other software used: PHP version 5.0.0b3 available from http://www.php.net/downloads.php
When installing PHP5 into Apache 2 as a SAPI module, the 'make install' target of PHP5 calls instdso.sh, which in turn uses apxs to install the PHP5 SAPI module. However, because the default apache2.conf shipped with the apache2-common package does not contain any LoadModule directives, the installation fails: gloomy:~/software/php-5.0.0b3# make install Installing PHP SAPI module: apache2handler /usr/share/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/bin/libtool' libphp5.la /usr/lib/apache2/modules /usr/bin/libtool --mode=install cp libphp5.la /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ cp .libs/libphp5.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so cp .libs/libphp5.lai /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.la libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /root/software/php-5.0.0b3/libs' chmod 755 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file.. apxs:Error: At least one `LoadModule' directive already has to exist.. make: *** [install-sapi] Error 1 A simple fix is to add a commented(!) dummy LoadModule directive to apache2.conf, which then acts as a placeholder for the new LoadModule directive needed for PHP5: [excerpt from apache2.conf] # Include module configuration: Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf # Dummy LoadModule directive to aid module installations #LoadModule dummy_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_dummy.so # Include all the user configurations: Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf [end excerpt from apache2.conf] Doing so, the PHP5 'make install' works just fine: gloomy:~/software/php-5.0.0b3# make install Installing PHP SAPI module: apache2handler /usr/share/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/bin/libtool' libphp5.la /usr/lib/apache2/modules /usr/bin/libtool --mode=install cp libphp5.la /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ cp .libs/libphp5.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so cp .libs/libphp5.lai /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.la libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /root/software/php-5.0.0b3/libs' chmod 755 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so [activating module `php5' in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf] (... snip ...) gloomy:~/software/php-5.0.0b3# Afterwards, apache2.conf looks like this: [excerpt from apache2.conf] # Dummy LoadModule directive to aid module installations #LoadModule dummy_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_dummy.so LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so [end excerpt from apache2.conf] That is, the new LoadModule directive gets added after the dummy directive. Perhaps such a dummy LoadModule directive could be added to apache2.conf by default, to make installation of PHP (and other modules) easier? Best regards, Björn -- Björn Wiberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Homepage: http://bwiberg.dyndns.org/