PHP: Solaris specific installation tips

Solaris specific installation tips

ozone at cname dot com
15-Jan-2006 09:46


php >= 5.1.1 requires a fully GNU toolchain on solaris; /usr/ccs/bin/ld will fail to link. see bug 35496.

AxL
19-Dec-2005 10:48


If you have problems building php with sqlite on solaris, add "-lrt" library so you dont get the fdatasync undefined symbol error.

anacreo
17-Dec-2004 08:11


Below was copied from a Sun Forum -- if having problems compiling on Solaris 10 try this:



Re: where is ctid_t defined? (Solaris 10)

Author: Juergen.Keil         Nov 17, 2004 10:37 AM (reply 1 of 10)     

ctid_t is defined in /usr/include/sys/types.h ("typedef id_t ctid_t;").



I guess what has happend is that you're using a gcc compiler that

was build on Solaris 9 (or some other Solaris release older than

Solaris 10 b69), and this gcc release has a set of "fixed" gcc specific

headers that don't match your s10b69 system headers any more.



The fix is to build a fresh set of gcc "fixed" headers:



# cd /opt/sfw/gcc-3/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-solaris2.9/3.3.2/install-tools/ 

 

# cat > mkheaders.conf

SHELL=/bin/sh

SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR="/usr/include"

OTHER_FIXINCLUDES_DIRS=""

FIXPROTO_DEFINES="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE"

STMP_FIXPROTO="stmp-fixproto"

STMP_FIXINC="stmp-fixinc"

^D

 

# ./mkheaders

xlark at sdf dot lonestar dot org
11-Jul-2003 07:48


If you do a "Core Install" of Solaris,  be sure you have installed the SUNWlibm and SUNWlibms packages.  PHP 4.2.3 fails to compile without them.



If you get errors with GCC about math.h, then you don't have them installed.

ejflores at alcatel dot es
03-Jul-2003 06:14


./configure not run fine with /usr/ucb/tr you need to install GNU textutils

ineves at iportalmais dot pt
07-Mar-2003 03:09


I have compiled php 4.2.3, on my solaris 9, sparc, it works, i have gcc 3.2.2, from sunfreeware.org, i have compiled with 



./configure --prefix=/opt/php --with-apxs=/opt/apache/bin/apxs --with-pgsql=/opt/pgsql --with-imap=/usr/src/soft/imap-2002b --with-ldap --with-imap-ssl=/usr/local/ssl



It compiles, but when i try to run it says something like:



bash-2.05# /opt/apache/bin/apachectl start

Syntax error on line 205 of /opt/apache/conf/httpd.conf:

Cannot load /opt/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: ld.so.1: /opt/apache/bin/httpd: fatal: relocation error: file /opt/apache/libexec/libphp4.so: symbol ldap_start_tls_s: referenced symbol not found

/opt/apache/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started



This means that the ldap librarys that came with solaris, are not very fine, you should use from openldap.org packages...



it is using this library:



bash-2.05# ldd /opt/apache/libexec/libphp4.so

    ...

    libldap.so.5 =>  /usr/lib/libldap.so.5



his one is from solaris installation.



(sorry about my english)

nicos at php dot net
06-Jan-2003 07:49


Note that you also need GNU sed or you'll have some errors lile "Output line too long."

m at hackerz dot uk dot co
15-Oct-2002 09:49


Compiled Ok on Solaris 9 after the addition of Bison Flex automake and autoconf, adding /usr/local/bin to the path and linking /usr/ccs/bin/ar to /usr/local/bin/ar.

php at woodNO-SPAMstea dot com
26-Jun-2002 11:15


Howard Glynn's post from May 22 is right on - if you're running Solaris 8, make sure you get the latest Recommended patch cluster. I've been struggling with that library problem that happens when you start Apache for several weeks, tweaking the config, setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. I couldn't believe that the PHP developers wouldn't have the Solaris build right - seems like a fairly important OS. But the latest Solaris patch cluster fixed the problem, so I guess it was my fault for not being up to date. I'm running PHP 4.2.1 now with Apache 2.0.36, works great.

ltfrench at vt dot edu
09-Jun-2002 02:09


To get PHP 4.2.0 or better to make on Solaris 8 (using gcc and gnu autoconf) you need to:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/gcc /usr/local/bin/cc



See: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16833

howardglynn at hotmail dot com
22-May-2002 10:26


I've had a lot of problems with "dn_skipname" reference errors when trying to do a php / apache shared-library install on solaris 8. All compiling was clean, but could not restart apache with mod_php. After much trial and error, I found a solution by installing patch 109326-07 which has some fixes for resolver (I think). I had one web server without the patch, and one with it, and was able to show the same commands compiling, working and restarting on one, but not the other. Installed patch on machine, compiled clean and was up and running after doing this. Works great. Get the patch from sun.com

gsmith1 at iupui dot edu
03-Apr-2002 04:35


Loading 4.1.2 on solaris 8 in C shell with mysql 4.0.1 I kept running into file not found errors by ld during make.  A specific error relating to adding mysql was solved by adding the following environment variable:

setenv LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/mysql/lib

shane dot kinsch at netracorp dot comNOSPAM
17-Feb-2002 12:49


PHP 4.1.1 / Apache 1.32 Buile Issues (Solaris 2.8)



Apache build options:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/etc/apache --enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite



PHP build options:

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/etc/mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/etc/apache/bin/apxs



Both Apache and PHP compiled without errors and installed cleanly.



The Error when starting Apache:

Syntax error on line 208 of /usr/local/etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf:

Cannot load /usr/local/etc/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server:

ld.so.1: /usr/local/etc/apache/bin/httpd: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/etc/apache/libexec/libphp4.so: symbol dn_skipname: referenced symbol not found ./apachectl start: httpd could not be started



Line 208 in the httpd.conf file is: 

LoadModule php4_module        libexec/libphp4.so



The solution:

For some reason, even though LD_LIBRARY_PATH was being set properly,

it wasn't being read fully.  You will need to create a runtime

linking environment by doing this:



#crle -c /var/ld/ld.config -l /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/etc/mysql/lib



Shane Kinsch

NetraCorp LLC / SecurNET Consulting

jakob dot nielsen at nhst dot no
08-Jan-2002 05:39


You can get all the Solaris Packages needed for the PHP installation on



http://www.sunfreeware.com/

Louis at ewens dot com
22-Jun-2001 07:39


On Solaris, if upon starting Apache you get an error like this:





Syntax error on line 33 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:


Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: ld.so.1: /usr/loca


l/apache/bin/httpd: fatal: libmysqlclient.so.10: open failed: No such file or directory


./apachectl start: httpd could not be started





..try inserting the following lines into the configuration section of your apachectl startup shell script:





LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql


export LD_LIBRARY_PATH





Change the /usr/local/mysql/ prefix to where ever your MySQL installation is. Make sure to add on the /lib/mysql extension to your own path though.





Do your normal "apachectl start" command to start Apache and voila, no more error. Apachectl can be found in the bin directory of your Apache installation.

cullin at cometsystems dot com
22-Jan-2001 08:59


When compiling and installing on Solaris, you might encounter a but that occurs only when you try and start apache - in otherwords, the module compiles fine but it won't run!  The specific error is that it can't find a symbol called "__muldi3". From what I can tell, this is an internal symbol created by gcc and the problem happens when you compile the code with gcc and then use a different linker. 





To fix the problem, make sure that there is only one 'ld' program in your $PATH and that you also specify '--with-gnu-ld' in your configuration.

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