[solved] Update PHP 4 to 5

[alaminour]

Hi, I install LightSpeed free edition on Rackspace VPS.

But can't update PHP.

http://166.78.16.195/phpinfo.php
**ERROR** Could not configure PHP build
Please advice.

[NiteWave]

the URL is ok which is php 4.4.9

**ERROR** Could not configure PHP build

where did you see the error message ? please provide more info.

[alaminour]

I tried to "Compile PHP with LSAPI" through admin panel, then this error coming.

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Step 4 : Monitoring build process

**MAIN_STATUS** retrieved from /usr/local/lsws/phpbuild/buildphp_1355551832.1.progress
Start building PHP 5.4.9 with LSAPI
Configuring PHP build (2-3 minutes)
**ERROR** Could not configure PHP build

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I am using CentOS 5.8.

[NiteWave]

please scroll down the end of the build window, the detail error message is there. you just saw the summary error message at top of the window.

[alaminour]

the error is
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checking for xml2-config path...
configure: error: xml2-config not found. Please check your libxml2 installation.
**ERROR** Could not configure PHP build
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I installed from Rackspace instruction : http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_c...ling-litespeed

[NiteWave]

yes, you've catched the detail error.

then please following this wiki:
http://www.litespeedtech.com/support...i:troubleshoot

the error you saw is addressed in the wiki. there are many others, should help you to build lsphp5 successfully.

[alaminour]

Thanks a lot, Its worked with flowing command :
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yum install libxml2-devel.x86_64 openssl-devel.x86_64 bzip2-devel.x86_64 libcurl-devel.x86_64 db4-devel.x86_64 \
libjpeg-devel.x86_64 libpng-devel.x86_64 libXpm-devel.x86_64 freetype-devel.x86_64 gmp-devel.x86_64 \
libc-client-devel.x86_64 openldap-devel.x86_64 libmcrypt-devel.x86_64 mhash-devel.x86_64 freetds-devel.x86_64 \
zlib-devel.x86_64 mysql-devel.x86_64 ncurses-devel.x86_64 pcre-devel.x86_64 unixODBC-devel.x86_64 postgresql-devel.x86_64 \
sqlite-devel.x86_64 aspell-devel.x86_64 readline-devel.x86_64 recode-devel.x86_64 net-snmp-devel.x86_64 \
libtidy-devel.x86_64 libxslt-devel.x86_64 t1lib-devel.x86_64

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