You need to install some development packages like build-essential , libssl-dev , zlib1g-dev and probably others too depending on what modules you want . ---- -----Original Message----- From: Roberto Marzialetti [mailto:roberto.marzialetti@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:45 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: compiling apache on ubuntu hi all! i try to compile Apache 2.2.32 on: [code] DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" VERSION_ID="16.04" [/code] this is my configure: [code] ./configure --enable-rewrite --enable-vhost-alias --enable-so --enable-ssl --enable-deflate --enable-headers [/code] i get this error on "make": [code] network_io/unix/sockaddr.c: In function ‘find_addresses’: network_io/unix/sockaddr.c:518:20: error: storage size of ‘hs’ isn’t known struct hostent hs; ^ network_io/unix/sockaddr.c:551:14: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gethostbyname_r’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] hp = gethostbyname_r(hostname, &hs, tmp, GETHOSTBYNAME_BUFLEN - 1, ^ network_io/unix/sockaddr.c:566:21: error: ‘h_errno’ undeclared (first use in this function) return (h_errno + APR_OS_START_SYSERR); ^ network_io/unix/sockaddr.c:566:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in network_io/unix/sockaddr.c:573:14: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘struct hostent’ while (hp->h_addr_list[curaddr]) { [/code] (i get the error without any options too) in config.log there are these strage "unknown": [code] /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown [...] /bin/arch = unknown [/code] here my all config.log: https://apaste.info/6Jbg any idea? many many thanks i'm going crazy... -- Roberto Marzialetti webdeveloper m. 329 0681847 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx