Everything was kind of fine except when i was trying to build and then install svn i'm getting another error now :(
here is what i did... 1- *./configure --prefix=/svndata/svnserver --without-berkeley-db --with-apr=/svndata/svnserver --with-apr-util=/svndata/svnserver --with-neon=/svndata/svnserver --without-apache --with-apxs=/www/apache/bin/apxs CFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64 -fPIC"* *<< this one went OK! >>* 2- *make* *<< i got this msg >>* /svndata/svnserver/build-1/libtool --silent --mode=link gcc -L/www/openldap-2.4.36/libraries -static -o test/serf_get libserf-0.latest/serf_get.lo /svndata/svnserver/lib/ libaprutil-1.la -lldap -llber -lpq -lsqlite3 -lexpat /svndata/svnserver/lib/libapr-1.la -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -lz -lssl -lcrypto /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [test/serf_get] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/svndata/subversion-1.5.6/serf' make: *** [external-all] Error 1 3- *make install* *<< everything went fine until i got this at the end >>* ./subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la /svndata/svnserver/lib/ libaprutil-1.la -lldap -llber -lpq -lsqlite3 -lexpat /svndata/svnserver/lib/ libapr-1.la -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [subversion/svnadmin/svnadmin] Error 1 i read somewhere that i need to specified where expat is located. Something like --with-expat=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/lib:expat Can someone tell me if that true? also is that necessary or it can be excluded? Thanks! 2013/8/28 Guido Larrain <larraingu...@gmail.com> > yeap... i saw that early this morning... now i'm trying > with openldap-2.4.36 > > i'll let you know how it went. thanks!! > > > 2013/8/28 Ryan Schmidt <subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> > >> >> On Aug 28, 2013, at 06:31, Guido Larrain wrote: >> >> > That's correct... but the thing is i only need the libraries from >> openldap... >> > >> > so i've been trying with this command to create only a build as a client >> > >> > ./configure --prefix=/www/openldap-2.3.43 --disable-slapd >> --disable-slurpd >> > >> > which finished successfully, then i ran this... >> > >> > make depend >> > >> > here is the result of the execution… >> >> > ../../include/ldap_pvt_thread.h:64:7: error: missing binary operator >> before token "(" >> >> > I really appreciate if some can help me with this matter. Thanks in >> advance! >> >> I Googled this error message and was quickly led to this page: >> >> >> http://icephoenix.us/linuxunix/build-openldap-2-3-x-from-sources-on-ubuntu/ >> >> It says this is a bug in openldap that's fixed in version 2.4.15 and >> later, or if you want to stay with 2.3.x you can apply a patch that they >> have a link to. >> >> > > > -- > Guido > -- Guido