Re: mcrypt installation problems

You need only libmcrypt, mcrypt is a command line program that is intended to replace the Unix crypt program. To build the mcrypt binary you need mhash and libmcrypt, for PHP unless you want mhash you need only libmcrypt. Jason On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 07:07, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote: > Can anyone point to information on how to install mcrypt support for > PHP. I tried the PHP mcrypt pages but they are quite lacking in details. > > I downloaded libmcrypt and got that installed fine. > > I also downloaded mcrypt (do I really need it?) but that wouldn't > configure. It complains that: > > checking for libmcrypt - version >= 2.5.0... no > *** Could not run libmcrypt test program, checking why... > *** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means > *** that the run-time linker is not finding LIBMCRYPT or finding the > wrong ... > > I tried compiling PHP with --with-mcrypt=/usr/src/mcrypt-2.6.3/ (the > locate of the mcrypt source files) but that gave me an error when I did > make: > > cc1: warning: changing search order for system directory > "/usr/local/include" > cc1: warning: as it has already been specified as a non-system directory > /usr/src/php-4.3.0/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:229:1: warning: "MCRYPT_FAILED" > redefined > In file included from /usr/src/php-4.3.0/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:34: > [...] > > Questions: > > 1- Do I need both libmcrypt AND mcrypt? > 2- What is the installation procedure? I tried the obvious "./configure > && make" combination but to no avail ... > > Thanks! > > Jc > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php