error: configure: error: APR is needed to build mod_suphp for Apache 2.x but was not found

If you are facing the following error while installing suPhp

error: configure: error: APR is needed to build mod_suphp for Apache 2.x but was not found

Run ./configure as shown below.

# ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config

This should fix the issue. Now you can proceed with

# make

# make install