Re: Configuring PHP 5.0.2 on OpenBSD 3.6: png.h not found

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 13:23, Richard Lynch wrote: > Where exactly is png.h in your directory system? > If libpng is installed, it should be there. > > What are you using after the --with-png-dir= > Whatever you are using, it must be a directory far enough *above* png.h to > encompass not only '/include/*/png.h' but also '/lib/*/*png*.so/ > Many beginners mistakenly pass in the directory that contains 'png.h' -- > Alas, PHP *also* needs to find all the png library binary files (.so) in > order to pull them in. > So starting at png.h, work your way 'up' until you hit a directory that > also has *png*.so down inside it somewhere (perhaps one or two levels > deep) and pass *that* directory with --with-png-dir= The problem was solved by making symlinks from the actual location of the png headers (/usr/local/include/libpng) to a slightly higher location (/usr/local/include). Previously attempting to point "--with-png-dir=" to either /usr/local/ didn't work. I found the tip about making symlinks to correct this issue by sheer luck. Raymond