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Error on installing SVN extension with pecl

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Do you actually have the svn libs installed? It appears you're on Ubuntu, so doing something like apt-get install libsvn-dev will probably install the needed headers and libs.

PECL extensions are wrappers around C client libraries, but they don't (usually) come bundled with the libs and headers for those client libraries.

tmont 2010-02-14 03:08:49

I'm receiving error when I try to install `libsvn-dev`: `Reading The following packages have unmet dependencies: libsvn-dev: Depends: libsvn1 (= 1.5.4dfsg1-1ubuntu2) but 1.5.4dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 is to be installed Depends: libapr1-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libaprutil1-dev but it is not going to be installed`

thedp 2010-02-17 19:50:21

hmmm... that's unfortunate. which version of ubuntu are you running? it appears there is an issue on 9.04 with libsvn-dev: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apr-util/+bug/371746. i just installed pecl extension svn-0.5.1 with all the default stuff on my 9.10 box, and everything worked.

tmont 2010-02-18 06:24:50

to clarify that last sentence, the answer to your original question is in fact installing libsvn-dev. that will get you all the svn headers and libs, including `svn_client.h`

tmont 2010-02-18 06:26:22

Geee, I can't believe my misfortune :)I indeed have Ubuntu 9.04... What are the odds.So, if I understand correctly, there is no solution to this problem, right?

thedp 2010-02-19 13:49:25

i feel for you :). according to that link, it looks like there is a dependency version mismatch on the libdb package. your best is probably to upgrade, as that package is used quite a bit. you can use the `apt-rdepends` command to see what packages depend on it: `apt-rdepends -r --state-show=INSTALLED libdb4.6-dev`. the problem is that libapr depends on it, which is used all over the place, e.g. apache

tmont 2010-02-20 10:27:01

I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10, but not before I wasted more time with another Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/460015 :) I Installed the `libsvn-dev` and I think I managed to install `pecl install svn`, but I'm not sure. How can I list the installed extensions? (pecl documentation is quite poor.) Thanks you.

thedp 2010-02-20 20:42:22

you'll need to configure php to load the extension in the `php.ini`. assuming you didn't do any kind of custom stuff, you should be able to just add the line `extension=svn.so` somewhere in that file and it'll find it automatically. then you can view all loaded modules with `php -m` from the command line. or for more detail you can do `php --re svn` to view the function details.

tmont 2010-02-21 02:44:41

I searched my system for `svn.so`, but was unable to find the file. I have a feeling pecl didn't install it. Here is what I get when I do `pecl install svn-beta`: "Starting to download svn-0.5.1.tgz (23,565 bytes) .......done: 23,563 bytes" That's it. :\

thedp 2010-02-21 09:57:59

what is the result of `pecl list`?

tmont 2010-02-21 10:26:45

It's another Ubuntu 9.10 bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/445536 . I removed Ubuntu's pear package and I am now attempting to install pear manually - http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.php and of course it doesn't go smooth either... http://pastebin.com/m213e6201 It's official, I'm cursed :)

thedp 2010-02-21 11:55:43

I think I just managed to install svn-beta with the Ubuntu 9.10 buggy pear... Using the work around pecl install -Z svn-beta, it downloaded and installed the extension. pecl list svn-beta proves it. I then added the line extension=svn.so to /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and /etc/php5/cli/php.ini, and then restarted Apache server. And it worked! php -m shows svn. Thank you so much for all your help.

thedp 2010-02-21 12:25:29

yikes. what does -Z do? force it to use linux's zlib rather than the PEAR version or something? congrats on getting it working :)

tmont 2010-02-21 20:21:19

It seems to be an undocumented option, but I'm guessing yes :)

thedp 2010-02-23 09:08:26

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