configure: error: libgds, libib_util or libfbclient not found

November 23, 2008 1-minute read

php • php5

If you are trying to compile php with the option –with-interbase and receive this error:

configure: error: libgds, libib_util or libfbclient not found

it means that you don’t have firebird development libraries installed.

If you are running on debian you can easily install firebird development libraries using:

aptitude install firebird2-dev

and you should be able to move forward with the compile.