Apache :: Start apache libphp5.so error

catiewong · Joined: 26 Nov 2018 Posts: 3 Location: hong kong

I have installed httpd-2.4.12 on centos 7.5 with tar.gz , the php 5.6.9 is also installed by tar.gz , after installed the httpd , it pops the following error when startup , would suggest what would be the possible reason of this error ? thanks

httpd: Syntax error on line 185 of /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load modules/libphp5.so into server: /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp5.so: undefined symbol: XpmLibraryVersion

Jan-E · Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Posts: 1266 Location: Amsterdam, NL, EU

Try installing libXpm-devel:
# sudo yum install libXpm-devel

catiewong · Joined: 26 Nov 2018 Posts: 3 Location: hong kong

catiewong · Joined: 26 Nov 2018 Posts: 3 Location: hong kong

Just would like to ask , if I find any library files are missing , is it ok to copy it from another machines ( with the similar version ) ?

maba · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 64 Location: Germany, Heilbronn

#1 I would propose not to install an outdated version via tar.gz. The only reason I could see for the tar.gz install is if you want a newer version than what CentOS provides

#2 MUST MATCH: the Apache API version and the libphp version must be compatible (use the same Apache module API version)

#3 Strong proposal:
- remove the manual installation
- replace with
"sudo yum install httpd" and
"sudo yum install php"

If you want a newer PHP version:

https://tecadmin.net/install-php-7-on-centos/

James Blond

For from scratch you can use https://github.com/JBlond/debian_build_apache24/ (works also on CentOS)

But I recommend to install php via yum