How to add Solr PECL extension into lampp (xampp) stack

Question

Is it possible to add PECL extensions into a lampp stack? If so, how can it be done?

I am specifically interested in http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.solr.php extension.

EDIT: when installing this extension using:

/opt/lampp/bin/pecl install -f solr

everything seams to go as it should except at the end:

checking for cURL support... yes, shared
checking for cURL in default path... not found
configure: error: Please reinstall the libcurl distribution -
        easy.h should be in <curl-dir>/include/curl/
ERROR: `/tmp/pear/temp/solr/configure --enable-solr=yes --enable-solr-debug=no --with-curl=/opt/lampp/bin --with-libxml-dir=/usr' failed

From what I understand this should mean that it simply needs to find the correct curl location which I specify in the install when it asks as 'opt/lampp/bin'

Does this mean that it can't be done without recompiling php using a different curl package? Is this even possible with a lampp stack or do I have to now build my own?

Any ideas?

Answer 1

see PHP: Installation of PECL extensions.

Also take a look at the requirements of the SOLR extension module: http://docs.php.net/solr.requirements