Question:

I'm running XAMPP 1.7.3a on Ubuntu 9.10. With Netbeans 6.7.1 as my editor, I want to be able to debug my PHP sites.

To do this, I looked up Xdebug and started following the installation instructions, found here: <a href="http://xdebug.org/docs/install" rel="nofollow">http://xdebug.org/docs/install</a>.

Trying to compile the .tgz file, run in to a problem.

Step 3) I can execute that, but what use does it have? I don't get the output or what I should do with it.

Step 4) I execute the following command:<br />

./configure --enable-xdebug --with-php-config=/opt/lampp/etc/

At the bottom of the output, it says: configure:

<blockquote>

error: Cannot find php-config. Please use --with-php-config=PATH

</blockquote>

I've checked the location I entered, the php.ini file is there and so are all other config files.

So, I'm not sure what to do now. Should I ignore and just do the 'make' command, or does something else yet need to be done?

you have to pass the path to the php config binary - should be something like

/opt/lampp/bin/php-config

<strong>All the binaries in XAMPP</strong> are located in

/opt/lampp/bin

That's why if you work with XAMPP's PHP version you ought to proceed all operations using binaries from there.

<em>For example, after installation of XAMPP it's possible to set path to it's PHP bin file</em>.