cannot find autoconf. please check your autoconf installation Xampp in CentOS

Question

Getting another error when configuring memcahed with php in XAMPP in CentOS

#  /opt/lampp/bin/phpize
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20131106
Zend Module Api No:      20131226
Zend Extension Api No:   220131226

Cannot find autoconf. Please check your autoconf installation and the $PHP_AUTOCONF environment variable. Then, rerun this script.

How to resolved it ?

Redware

Answer 1

MAC Users

You can do it easily using brew.

brew install autoconf

Dodeca

This way is specially recommended for MacOSX users. – Jackboot

Works also with MacPorts: port install autoconf. – Incomprehensive

Answer 2

I got here looking for an answer for docker when using Alpine linux this worked for me (I tried @Dimitros solution but did not work):

RUN apk --no-cache add pcre-dev ${PHPIZE_DEPS} \ 
  && pecl install xdebug \
  && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug \
  && apk del pcre-dev ${PHPIZE_DEPS}

Huskey

This works! just don't forget to follow docker image's documentation It is strongly recommended that users use an explicit version number in their pecl install invocations to ensure proper PHP version compatibility – Crisp

Im still getting errors: The command '/bin/sh -c apk add --no-cache pcre-dev ${PHPIZE_DEPS} && pecl install xdebug-2.6.0 && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug && apk del pcre-dev ${PHPIZE_DEPS}' returned a non-zero code: 4 – Aussie

For me this was enough: apk --no-cache add autoconf g++ make && pecl install xdebug && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug && rm -rf /tmp/pear; apk del autoconf g++ make; in php:8.0.2-alpine docker image – Straitlaced

@Straitlaced Thanks! This solution works great within a container of the docker-image php:8.0.20RC1-zts-alpine3.16 – Vandusen

Answer 3

You need to install autoconf

For CentOS:

# yum install autoconf

for Ubuntu :

# apt-get install autoconf

for fedora 24-27:

   # dnf install autoconf

Redware

This saved me a lot of time. Thanks! – Benjamin

Answer 4

For Alpine Linux the apk add feature has (for cleanup) a concept of virtual packages using the --virtual or -t switch. An example use of this would be removing a group of build dependencies all at once:

apk add --no-cache --update --virtual buildDeps autoconf \
 && pecl install xdebug \
 && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug \
 && apk del buildDeps

Reference: https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine/blob/master/docs/usage.md

Commercial

Answer 5

For openSuSE:

zypper install autoconf

Perdure

Answer 6

I resolved the problem by "yum install autoconf" on CentOS 7

Cottonade

There are other answers that provide the OP's question, and they were posted some time ago. When posting an answer, please make sure you add either a new solution, or a substantially better explanation, especially when answering older questions. Make sure to provide an explanation what your code does and how it solves the problem. – Colbycolbye