Ubuntu pecl install pecl_http fail

Question

I\'m trying to install this extension but it fails in the configuration phase. I\'m on ubuntu 12.04 and I have just installed these packages:

• libcurl3-openssl-

Answer 1

I bump into this issue while trying to install pecl_http-2.6.0, raphf-1.1.2 and propro-1.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 and php-fpm5.6. I can't use apt to install raphf and propro (as @mschuett suggested) because apt can only install raphf 2.0.0 and propro 2.1.0 which works only for PHP 7.

I resolve the problem with the following steps without needing to update the php.ini nor using apt.

First of all, to get php-fpm to load a new extension, an .ini file must be added to /etc/php/5.6/mods-available. Then use phpenmod to enable the extension.

So to install and enable raphf-1.1.2,

$ pecl install raphf-1.1.2
$ echo "extension=raphf.so" >> /etc/php/5.6/mods-available
$ phpenmod raphf

Note that you might need sudo for these commands.

Similarly, for propro-1.0.2

$ pecl install raphf-1.0.2
$ echo "extension=raphf.so" >> /etc/php/5.6/mods-available
$ phpenmod raphf

If you use php -m to view all the loaded extensions, you should see raphf and propro in the list.

Now you can install pecl_http-2.6.0 with

$ pecl install pecl_http-2.6.0

The installation should complete successfully.

$ pecl list
Installed packages, channel pecl.php.net:
=========================================
Package   Version State
pecl_http 2.6.0   stable
propro    1.0.2   stable
raphf     1.1.2   stable

If you are using pecl like me, you might see warning such as:

install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/pecl_http-2.6.0
configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location
You should add "extension=http.so" to php.ini

which happens because the php_ini config of my pear and pecl aren't set.