mcrypt help

[tolstoyleo]

Hi, I have a server set up with php already installed. How do I reconfigure it to use mcrypt library?

i have mcrypt library installed. Is there a way to just run ./configure --with-mcrypt=/path/to/mcrypt ?

i'm not exactly sure what to do to get it to work

any help is appreciated

[bpat1434]

Well, unfortunately you'll have to copy the entire configure line from the phpinfo() output and reconfigure and make everything again.

As an alternative route, you could ditch that and use the system package manager to install php and any shared modules you want. In Ubuntu ( and other Debian based distros ) you can do:

sudo aptitude install php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-postgres php5-mhash php5-gd php5-<extension>

Or, to see what's available:

sudo aptitude search php5

Hope that helps.