{"id":17,"date":"2008-08-10T13:23:39","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=17"},"modified":"2010-02-27T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T01:02:15","slug":"install-bcompiler-for-php-on-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2008\/08\/10\/install-bcompiler-for-php-on-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install bcompiler for PHP on Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PHP bytecode compiler<\/a> is a useful way to convert PHP to bytecode, which can then be converted to binaries. However, the Ubuntu<\/a> packaging team has not yet made a binary package of bcompiler available. However, you can install this bytecode compiler yourself with these 9 easy to follow steps. A binary build is availible, but you should try to compile\/install it yourself because the binary extension might not be suitable for your computer.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Install the basic dependencies with sudo apt-get install automake m4 php5-dev<\/strong>
    \nReading package lists... Done
    \nBuilding dependency tree
    \nReading state information... Done
    \nThe following extra packages will be installed:
    \nautoconf automake1.4 autotools-dev libtool shtool
    \nSuggested packages:
    \nautoconf2.13 autobook autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc gfortran fortran95-compiler libtool-doc
    \nRecommended packages:
    \nautomaken libltdl3-dev
    \nThe following NEW packages will be installed:
    \nautoconf automake automake1.4 autotools-dev libtool m4 php5-dev shtool
    \n0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 67 not upgraded.
    \nNeed to get 2371kB of archives.
    \nAfter this operation, 9540kB of additional disk space will be used.
    \nDo you want to continue [Y\/n]? y
    \nGet:1 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main m4 1.4.10-1 [207kB]
    \nGet:2 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main autoconf 2.61-4 [448kB]
    \nGet:3 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main autotools-dev 20070725.1 [61.9kB]
    \nGet:4 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main automake 1:1.10.1-2 [519kB]
    \nGet:5 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main automake1.4 1:1.4-p6-12 [272kB]
    \nGet:6 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main libtool 1.5.26-1ubuntu1 [340kB]
    \nGet:7 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main shtool 2.0.7-1 [159kB]
    \nGet:8 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates\/main php5-dev 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 [364kB]
    \nFetched 2371kB in 32s (72.5kB\/s)
    \nSelecting previously deselected package m4.
    \n(Reading database ... 123151 files and directories currently installed.)
    \nUnpacking m4 (from ...\/archives\/m4_1.4.10-1_i386.deb) ...
    \nSelecting previously deselected package autoconf.
    \nUnpacking autoconf (from ...\/autoconf_2.61-4_all.deb) ...
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    \nUnpacking autotools-dev (from ...\/autotools-dev_20070725.1_all.deb) ...
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    \nUnpacking automake (from ...\/automake_1%3a1.10.1-2_all.deb) ...
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    \nUnpacking automake1.4 (from ...\/automake1.4_1%3a1.4-p6-12_all.deb) ...
    \nSelecting previously deselected package libtool.
    \nUnpacking libtool (from ...\/libtool_1.5.26-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
    \nSelecting previously deselected package shtool.
    \nUnpacking shtool (from ...\/shtool_2.0.7-1_all.deb) ...
    \nSelecting previously deselected package php5-dev.
    \nUnpacking php5-dev (from ...\/php5-dev_5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3_i386.deb) ...
    \nSetting up m4 (1.4.10-1) ...<\/code><\/p>\n

    Setting up autoconf (2.61-4) …<\/p>\n

    Setting up autotools-dev (20070725.1) …
    \nSetting up automake (1:1.10.1-2) …<\/p>\n

    Setting up automake1.4 (1:1.4-p6-12) …<\/p>\n

    Setting up libtool (1.5.26-1ubuntu1) …
    \nSetting up shtool (2.0.7-1) …
    \nSetting up php5-dev (5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3) …<\/li>\n

  2. Then, install the secondary dependencies with sudo apt-get install re2c libbz2-dev<\/strong>:
    \nReading package lists... Done
    \nBuilding dependency tree
    \nReading state information... Done
    \nThe following NEW packages will be installed:
    \nlibbz2-dev re2c
    \n0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 67 not upgraded.
    \nNeed to get 219kB of archives.
    \nAfter this operation, 582kB of additional disk space will be used.
    \nGet:1 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main libbz2-dev 1.0.4-2ubuntu4 [32.1kB]
    \nGet:2 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy\/main re2c 0.12.1-1build1 [187kB]
    \nFetched 219kB in 1s (113kB\/s)
    \nSelecting previously deselected package libbz2-dev.
    \n(Reading database ... 123871 files and directories currently installed.)
    \nUnpacking libbz2-dev (from ...\/libbz2-dev_1.0.4-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
    \nSelecting previously deselected package re2c.
    \nUnpacking re2c (from ...\/re2c_0.12.1-1build1_i386.deb) ...
    \nSetting up libbz2-dev (1.0.4-2ubuntu4) ...
    \nSetting up re2c (0.12.1-1build1) ...<\/code><\/li>\n
  3. Compile and install bcompiler with sudo pecl install bcompiler-0.8<\/strong>:
    \ndownloading bcompiler-0.8.tgz ...
    \nStarting to download bcompiler-0.8.tgz (46,667 bytes)
    \n.............done: 46,667 bytes
    \n10 source files, building
    \nrunning: phpize
    \nConfiguring for:
    \nPHP Api Version: 20041225
    \nZend Module Api No: 20060613
    \nZend Extension Api No: 220060519
    \nbuilding in \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8
    \nrunning: \/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8\/configure
    \nchecking for grep that handles long lines and -e... \/bin\/grep
    \nchecking for egrep... \/bin\/grep -E
    \nchecking for a sed that does not truncate output... \/bin\/sed
    \nchecking for gcc... gcc
    \nchecking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
    \nchecking whether the C compiler works... yes
    \nchecking whether we are cross compiling... no
    \nchecking for suffix of executables...
    \nchecking for suffix of object files... o
    \nchecking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
    \nchecking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
    \nchecking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
    \nchecking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
    \nchecking for system library directory... lib
    \nchecking if compiler supports -R... no
    \nchecking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes
    \nchecking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    \nchecking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    \nchecking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    \nchecking for PHP prefix... \/usr
    \nchecking for PHP includes... -I\/usr\/include\/php5 -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/main -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/TSRM -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/Zend -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext\/date\/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
    \nchecking for PHP extension directory... \/usr\/lib\/php5\/20060613+lfs
    \nchecking for PHP installed headers prefix... \/usr\/include\/php5
    \nchecking for re2c... re2c
    \nchecking for re2c version... 0.12.1 (ok)
    \nchecking for gawk... gawk
    \nchecking whether to enable bcompiler support... yes, shared
    \nchecking for BZip2 in default path... found in \/usr
    \nchecking for BZ2_bzerror in -lbz2... yes
    \nchecking for ld used by gcc... \/usr\/bin\/ld
    \nchecking if the linker (\/usr\/bin\/ld) is GNU ld... yes
    \nchecking for \/usr\/bin\/ld option to reload object files... -r
    \nchecking for BSD-compatible nm... \/usr\/bin\/nm -B
    \nchecking whether ln -s works... yes
    \nchecking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
    \nchecking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
    \nchecking for ANSI C header files... yes
    \nchecking for sys\/types.h... yes
    \nchecking for sys\/stat.h... yes
    \nchecking for stdlib.h... yes
    \nchecking for string.h... yes
    \nchecking for memory.h... yes
    \nchecking for strings.h... yes
    \nchecking for inttypes.h... yes
    \nchecking for stdint.h... yes
    \nchecking for unistd.h... yes
    \nchecking dlfcn.h usability... yes
    \nchecking dlfcn.h presence... yes
    \nchecking for dlfcn.h... yes
    \nchecking for g77... no
    \nchecking for xlf... no
    \nchecking for f77... no
    \nchecking for frt... no
    \nchecking for pgf77... no
    \nchecking for cf77... no
    \nchecking for fort77... no
    \nchecking for fl32... no
    \nchecking for af77... no
    \nchecking for xlf90... no
    \nchecking for f90... no
    \nchecking for pgf90... no
    \nchecking for pghpf... no
    \nchecking for epcf90... no
    \nchecking for gfortran... no
    \nchecking for g95... no
    \nchecking for xlf95... no
    \nchecking for f95... no
    \nchecking for fort... no
    \nchecking for ifort... no
    \nchecking for ifc... no
    \nchecking for efc... no
    \nchecking for pgf95... no
    \nchecking for lf95... no
    \nchecking for ftn... no
    \nchecking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
    \nchecking whether accepts -g... no
    \nchecking the maximum length of command line arguments... 98304
    \nchecking command to parse \/usr\/bin\/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
    \nchecking for objdir... .libs
    \nchecking for ar... ar
    \nchecking for ranlib... ranlib
    \nchecking for strip... strip
    \nchecking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
    \nchecking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
    \nchecking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
    \nchecking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
    \nchecking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
    \nchecking whether the gcc linker (\/usr\/bin\/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
    \nchecking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
    \nchecking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU\/Linux ld.so
    \nchecking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
    \nchecking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
    \nchecking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
    \nchecking whether to build shared libraries... yes
    \nchecking whether to build static libraries... no
    \nconfigure: creating libtool
    \nappending configuration tag \"CXX\" to libtool
    \nappending configuration tag \"F77\" to libtool
    \nconfigure: creating .\/config.status
    \nconfig.status: creating config.h
    \nrunning: make
    \n\/bin\/bash \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/libtool --mode=compile gcc -I. -I\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8 -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/include -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/main -I\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8 -I\/usr\/include\/php5 -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/main -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/TSRM -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/Zend -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext\/date\/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c \/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8\/bcompiler.c -o bcompiler.lo
    \nmkdir .libs
    \ngcc -I. -I\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8 -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/include -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/main -I\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8 -I\/usr\/include\/php5 -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/main -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/TSRM -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/Zend -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext\/date\/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c \/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8\/bcompiler.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs\/bcompiler.o
    \n\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8\/bcompiler.c:1342:8: warning: extra tokens at end of #endif directive
    \n\/bin\/bash \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/libtool --mode=link gcc -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/include -I\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/main -I\/tmp\/pear\/cache\/bcompiler-0.8 -I\/usr\/include\/php5 -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/main -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/TSRM -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/Zend -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext -I\/usr\/include\/php5\/ext\/date\/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -o bcompiler.la -export-dynamic -avoid-version -prefer-pic -module -rpath \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules bcompiler.lo -lbz2
    \ngcc -shared .libs\/bcompiler.o -lbz2 -Wl,-soname -Wl,bcompiler.so -o .libs\/bcompiler.so
    \ncreating bcompiler.la
    \n(cd .libs && rm -f bcompiler.la && ln -s ..\/bcompiler.la bcompiler.la)
    \n\/bin\/bash \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/libtool --mode=install cp .\/bcompiler.la \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules
    \ncp .\/.libs\/bcompiler.so \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules\/bcompiler.so
    \ncp .\/.libs\/bcompiler.lai \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules\/bcompiler.la
    \nPATH=\"$PATH:\/sbin\" ldconfig -n \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules
    \n----------------------------------------------------------------------
    \nLibraries have been installed in:
    \n\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/bcompiler-0.8\/modules<\/code><\/p>\n

    If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
    \nin a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
    \nspecify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR’
    \nflag during linking and do at least one of the following:
    \n– add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH’ environment variable
    \nduring execution
    \n– add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH’ environment variable
    \nduring linking
    \n– use the `-Wl,–rpath -Wl,LIBDIR’ linker flag
    \n– have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `\/etc\/ld.so.conf’<\/p>\n

    See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
    \nmore information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
    \n———————————————————————-<\/p>\n

    Build complete.
    \nDon’t forget to run ‘make test’.<\/p>\n

    running: make INSTALL_ROOT=”\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8″ install
    \nInstalling shared extensions: \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr\/lib\/php5\/20060613+lfs\/
    \nrunning: find “\/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8” -ls
    \n191629 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8
    \n191686 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr
    \n191687 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr\/lib
    \n191688 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr\/lib\/php5
    \n191689 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr\/lib\/php5\/20060613+lfs
    \n191685 124 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 119116 Aug 10 12:20 \/var\/tmp\/pear-build-root\/install-bcompiler-0.8\/usr\/lib\/php5\/20060613+lfs\/bcompiler.so<\/p>\n

    Build process completed successfully
    \nInstalling ‘\/usr\/lib\/php5\/20060613+lfs\/bcompiler.so’
    \ninstall ok: channel:\/\/pear.php.net\/bcompiler-0.8<\/li>\n

  4. If you encounter “ERROR: `phpize’ failed<\/em>“, that means you have not yet installed php5-dev. Repeat step 1 then try again.<\/li>\n
  5. If you encounter “configure: WARNING: You will need re2c 0.12.0 or later if you want to regenerate PHP parsers<\/em>“, repeat step 2 to install re2c.<\/li>\n
  6. If you encounter “checking for BZip2 in default path… not found<\/em>” or “configure: error: Please reinstall the BZip2 distribution<\/em>“, repeat step 2 to install libbz2-dev.<\/li>\n
  7. Add “extension=bcompiler.so<\/strong>” to \/etc\/php5\/cli\/php.ini to activate the extension.<\/li>\n
  8. You’re done! To test it, save the following file as example.php:\n
    <?php\r\n\/**\r\n* A function to output hello world\r\n*\r\n* @function helloWorld\r\n* @return void\r\n*\/\r\nfunction helloWorld() {\r\necho "Hello World!\\n";\r\n}\r\n?><\/pre>\n
    Save the following as compile.php:<\/p>\n
    <?php\r\n$fh = fopen("example.phb", "w");\r\nbcompiler_write_header($fh);\r\nbcompiler_write_file($fh, "example.php");\r\nbcompiler_write_footer($fh);\r\nfclose($fh);\r\n?><\/pre>\n
    And save this one as use_p.php:<\/p>\n
    <?php\r\ninclude_once('example.phb');\r\nhelloWorld();\r\nhelloWorld();\r\nhelloWorld();\r\n?><\/pre>\n
    Now run compile.php to compile it. Then run use_p.php – you should see “Hello World!” three times. If you do, you’re done!<\/li>\n
  9. If for any reason your computer cannot compile bcompiler.so, here is a binary build<\/a> just in case. Do not forget to test it using the step above!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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