I’m trying to setup Laravel’s Valet which, as a dependency, requires PHP 7. When I try to install PHP 7 with Homebrew I get the following error:
Configuring SAPI modules checking for Apache 2.0 handler-module support via DSO through APXS... Sorry, I cannot run apxs. Possible reasons follow: 1. Perl is not installed 2. apxs was not found. Try to pass the path using --with-apxs2=/path/to/apxs 3. Apache was not built using --enable-so (the apxs usage page is displayed) The output of /usr/sbin/apxs follows: apxs:Error: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.12.xctoolchain/usr/local/bin/apr-1-config not found!. configure: error: Aborting READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting If reporting this issue please do so at (not Homebrew/brew): https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues These open issues may also help: php70-dbase https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3508 php70-intl not found https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3591 php70-opcache install issue https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3586 Problem installing php70-mcrypt, php70-opcache, php70-xdebug on El Capitan https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3587 Add php70-zmq formula https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/pull/3474 Problem installing homebrew/php/php70-imagick https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3571 Install PHP70: Incompatible library version https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3444 brew install php70-redis https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/2762 Allow --enable-redis-igbinary for php70-redis https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/pull/3473 Add head formula for php70-uploadprogress https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/pull/3178
This is on a fresh install of MacOS Sierra (actual release, not a beta) with a fresh install of Homebrew (updated). I have installed, ran and agreed to the Xcode licensing agreement.
I have no idea what these errors mean. How can I fix them?
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Answer
Right I’ve figured it out. I’m posting the steps to successfully install the require components below in case anybody else stumbles upon this issue:
1). make sure Homebrew is up to date:
brew update
2). Fix the PHP 7 error by making sure Xcode is installed and then typing the following into the Terminal:
brew install apr apr-util sudo mkdir -p /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.12.xctoolchain/usr/local/bin/ sudo ln -s /usr/local/opt/apr/bin/apr-1-config /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.12.xctoolchain/usr/local/bin/ sudo ln -s /usr/local/opt/apr-util/bin/apu-1-config /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.12.xctoolchain/usr/local/bin/
3). Run the following command (otherwise the PHP installation will complain about missing libz):
xcode-select --install
4). You can now install PHP 7 with Homebrew:
brew install homebrew/php/php70