title: Installing pecl_http in xubuntu
body: <p>As per title, I am simply trying to install pecl_http extension for php in ubuntu.</p>
  
  <p>So I did what makes most sense:</p>
  
  <pre><code>andreas@earl ~ $ sudo pecl install pecl_http
  downloading pecl_http-1.6.6.tgz ...
  Starting to download pecl_http-1.6.6.tgz (173,645 bytes)
  .....................................done: 173,645 bytes
  71 source files, building
  running: phpize
  Configuring for:
  PHP Api Version:         20041225
  Zend Module Api No:      20060613
  Zend Extension Api No:   220060519
   1. whether to enable cURL HTTP requests; specify libcurl directory : yes
  
  1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 
   1. whether to enable support for gzencoded/deflated message bodies; specify zlib directory : yes
  
  1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 
   1. whether to enable response content type guessing; specify libmagic directory : no
  
  1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 
   1. whether to depend on extensions which have been built shared : yes
  
  1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 
  building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/pecl_http-1.6.6
  running: /tmp/pear/temp/pecl_http/configure --with-http-curl-requests --with-http-zlib-compression --with-http-magic-mime=no --with-http-shared-deps
  
  checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
  checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
  checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
  checking for gcc... gcc
  
  .... &lt;snip&gt;
  
  checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
  checking for gethostname... yes
  checking for getdomainname... yes
  checking for getservbyport... yes
  checking for getservbyname... yes
  checking for zlib.h... found in /usr
  checking for zlib version &gt;= 1.2.0.4... 1.2.3.3
  checking for curl/curl.h... not found
  configure: error: could not find curl/curl.h
  ERROR: `/tmp/pear/temp/pecl_http/configure --with-http-curl-requests --with-http-zlib-compression --with-http-magic-mime=no --with-http-shared-deps' failed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so Ok, I don't have curl in the system, so I do</p>
  
  <pre><code>andreas@earl ~ $ sudo apt-get install php5-curl
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Curl installed fine, so I tried installing php5-http again, but still the same error.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone could share a light please? :(</p>
  
  <p>-aw </p>