--with-apr option with configuring subversion - anyone know?

Rails Deployment
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Hi there…I think it’s just a simple syntax error that i have.

I’m trying to get subversion installed, in unix on a shared web server:
it requires apr and apr-utils, so i’ve already downloaded and installed
them.

When i try and configure subversion, it’s saying that i need to use an
appropriate --with-apr command. Looking at configure --help, it says

“–with-apr=PATH prefix for installed APR, path to APR build tree,
or the full path to apr-config”

But i can’t seem to get this command right. I’m trying to point to the
apr folder with

–with-apr=~/src/apr-1.2.11

but it says

“the --with-apr parameter is incorrect. It must specify an install
prefix, a build directory, or an apr-config file.”

To make life more complicated, there’s no apr-config file, not quite
anyway: in the apr folder i have

apr-1-config
apr-config.in
apr-config.out

Should i point it at one of these, and if so do you know the proper
syntax for the --with-apr command? I’m new to unix and have only used
subversion locally, in windows, so have never had to do an install like
this before.

thanks!
max

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Max are you using ubuntu?

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James Mccarthy wrote:

Max are you using ubuntu?

Hi James. Just the standard unix/linux (whatever it is) on the shared
server ssh.

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Max,

What happens if you use the full path to the directory? Something like

./configure --with-apr=/home/max/src/apr-1.2.11
?

If that doesn’t work, perhaps you could post here the exact command
you’re entering.
– Thomas.

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Thomas Nichols wrote:

Max,

What happens if you use the full path to the directory? Something like

./configure --with-apr=/home/max/src/apr-1.2.11
?

If that doesn’t work, perhaps you could post here the exact command
you’re entering.
– Thomas.

That worked perfectly, thanks Thomas!

(red faced that i didn’t think of that :slight_smile: )