APXS2 ./configure not working

[tristanlee85]

I found a "apache2-devel" RPM that installed apxs2 in /usr/sbin/apaxs2. For proof, here is the output:

[root@server native]# /usr/sbin/apxs2
Usage: apxs -g [-S <var>=<val>] -n <modname>
       apxs -q [-S <var>=<val>] <query> ...
       apxs -c [-S <var>=<val>] [-o <dsofile>] [-D <name>[=<value>]]
               [-I <incdir>] [-L <libdir>] [-l <libname>] [-Wc,<flags>]
               [-Wl,<flags>] [-p] <files> ...
       apxs -i [-S <var>=<val>] [-a] [-A] [-n <modname>] <dsofile> ...
       apxs -e [-S <var>=<val>] [-a] [-A] [-n <modname>] <dsofile> ...

Now, I run the following:

 ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs2

and at the end I get this:

need to check for Perl first, apxs depends on it...
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
could not find /usr/sbin/apxs2
configure: error: You must specify a valid --with-apxs path

I obviously just supplied it with the correct path. Why isn't it working?

[Ben]

Maybe try without apxs2 in the end, so just type in the path to apxs2

[falko]

Are you on Fedora? Make sure SELinux is disabled.