Re: Re: Problem compiling PHP5

> (I wish this was a forum, so I could edit/update posts) > > Trying the symbolic link trick in /usr/X11R6/LIB (from .so.4 -> .so) > doesnt cut it. PHP needs some of the header files (.h), which are not > present anywhere but that /usr/local/lib/xpm-linux directory (which > someone correctly surmised I had downloaded and extracted into that > location). > > I will keep playing around with what i have in the local/lib directory for now. > > > > thanks > paul > Paul, I think the problem is that xpm was not installed properly. The directory structure that Curt pointed out earlier suggests that libxpm was not built - only untarred in to that location. libxpm has a rather strange build and install process as documented here: http://koala.ilog.fr/lehors/xpm-README.html Alternatively, you may be able to find a dev package for X11 that will include a libxpm library made for your system. The problem is that libxpm will not run out of the box. There is a build process that must be followed to build the library for your system architecture. Jim Grill