Currently I had to use the fileinfo-Package on my development-system which is a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.5 with Marc Lianages PHP-Package.
But sadly that does not contain the fileinfo-extension.
No Problem I thought: Installing a PECL-Extension isn’t hard work.
At least if it works….
Of course I ran into the problem that I couldn’t compile the fileinfo extension due to the following error-message
configure: error: Please reinstall the libmagic distribution
ERROR: `/private/tmp/pear/download/Fileinfo-1.0.4/configure' failed
I can’t be the only one that ran into the problem, I thought. And so it was.
While searching the internet, I generally found two ways to solve the problem.
- Use PHP 5.3, that already contains the package
- Install a complete second OperatingSystem beneath a perfectly working MacOS. Here for instance I found a way to get the installation working by installing the complete fink-package.
Using PHP 5.3 was no option for me, as we are developing for PHP5.2 and installing a second Operating System seemed somewhat oversized for the simple task of installing a small PHP-extension.
Back to the roots
So what was the original problem again? A missing installation of the libmagic-library. Event though the info-binary is installed on the MacOS I’m running, a shared libmagic-Library is missing.
So what the hell, why not compile one?
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