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Compiling (PHP5) on {Debian|Ubuntu}

Im somewhat of an early adopter when it comes to new PHP versions, often compiling them very quickly. As most of my machines run some variant of Debian Sarge, I need to compile my own PHP as opposed to messing around with some kind of PHP 4.3, which I came to loathe.

debianeae share the same habit of splitting packets into two, one providing funktionality and the second providing libraries. So whenever ./configure complains about some missing library, it is most likely solved by running apt-get install <missingstuff>-get. apxs2 was missing too, which was solved by apt-getting apache2-threaded-dev. Also, lex was missing, which was solved by a quick apt-get install flex.

Sometimes libraries aren't located where ./configure expects them or have a slight different name. in this case, locate <library> helps, along with ln -s <where it is> <where it should be>.

Compiling stuff sometimes remind me of the typical fedex-quests from role playing games, when ./configure complains that my version of some library is anything but right. No problem, in this case I download a newer version and put it to /usr/local/<library_version> and hope that ./configure offers a convenient method to point it to the alternate version. If not, then there are compiler flags...
The quest character comes into play when a needed library needs another library, like Shanhar of Baradum only gives you the Crystal of Knowledge after you freed his daughter from Dungeon Distress, but for this Dungeon you need a key you get from somewhere at the other end of the world...you get the idea.

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