Solve error file compiling PHP configure: error: libXpm.(a|so) not found

Question

I got an error while compiling PHP, I am listing the details below.

Error configure error libxpm.(a so) not found

I have checked with dpkg -L libxpm-dev. it is showing the needed file is in the folder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/(libXpm.a).

I have tried with --with-xpm-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, but error still exists.

Solution 1

I got past this by doing

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXpm.a /usr/lib/libXpm.a

You can also set the lib dir by adding

'--with-libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'

to the configure line but that missed some of the ones in /usr/lib.

Solution 2

Hello I solved couple of problems via this link I hope it would help you.

http://zgadzaj.com/how-to-install-php-53-and-52-together-on-ubuntu-1204

Comments

[Kevin Bowen]

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