Hi All
Right now I am one frustrated newbie. I am trying to recompile PHP but cannot workout how to do it. I already have PHP 4.0.6 running on my system (I installed it when I installed RedHat 7.2). Now I want to recompile it with Postscript Type 1 support. I currently have two problems.
Problem one: Location of the Postscript Type 1 module.
I downloaded the compressed file to my user home directory and extracted it there. I then ran ./configure, make. So far so good. According to my book, to load the new module I must add "--with-t1lib[=path/to/t1lib]" when I run the ./configure command. Fine, but what should the path be. The only "t1lib" I can find is the folder that was extracted to my home directory, when I extracted the module. Does this mean I should use this path? or should the file be located somewhere else?
Second problem: How do I recompile PHP?
My book (PHP & MySQL Web Development by Welling & Thomson) tells me I just have to run ./configure while specify the modules I want to add (including all the pre-existing modules I have installed). This I understand. Problem is where do I run the ./configure command from? Since, I am not installing PHP from a new binary (as it is already installed on my computer) from which directory should I run the ./configure command?
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help answer, what must seem like very stupid questions.
Many Thanks, Ben (A complete Newbie)
