Hi, Thursday, February 6, 2003, 12:07:49 AM, you wrote: JCI> Can anyone point to information on how to install mcrypt support for JCI> PHP. I tried the PHP mcrypt pages but they are quite lacking in details.
JCI> I downloaded libmcrypt and got that installed fine. JCI> I also downloaded mcrypt (do I really need it?) but that wouldn't JCI> configure. It complains that: JCI> checking for libmcrypt - version >= 2.5.0... no JCI> *** Could not run libmcrypt test program, checking why... JCI> *** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means JCI> *** that the run-time linker is not finding LIBMCRYPT or finding the JCI> wrong ... JCI> I tried compiling PHP with --with-mcrypt=/usr/src/mcrypt-2.6.3/ (the JCI> locate of the mcrypt source files) but that gave me an error when I did JCI> make: JCI> cc1: warning: changing search order for system directory JCI> "/usr/local/include" JCI> cc1: warning: as it has already been specified as a non-system directory JCI> /usr/src/php-4.3.0/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:229:1: warning: "MCRYPT_FAILED" JCI> redefined JCI> In file included from /usr/src/php-4.3.0/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:34: JCI> [...] JCI> Questions: JCI> 1- Do I need both libmcrypt AND mcrypt? JCI> 2- What is the installation procedure? I tried the obvious "./configure JCI> && make" combination but to no avail ... JCI> Thanks! JCI> Jc I did it this way untar libmcrypt and mcrypt into /usr/src then in libmcrypt ./configure --prefix=/usr (could be /usr/local if you want make make install ldconfig cd ../mcrypt-2.6.3 ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install then in php --with-mcrypt=/usr/src/mcrypt-2.6.3 -- regards, Tom -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php