Re: configure error related to 'pcre.h' and 'libqhull.h'

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

--- On Thu, 2014/5/22, Park Jonghun wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> I am trying to configuring octave source (3.6.4) on Maverick and have faced 
> several issue. 
> Now, I need some help. 
> 
> my current problem is 
> while ./configure is working, preprocessor is rejecting some headers and I 
> can't figure out why. 
> (actually I run './configure CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include 
> LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib'
> because, without flags, configuration process reported that it couldn't find 
> where the headers were.)
> 
> I checked the header files are located properly under /usr/local/include.
> 
> The error message was as follow. 
> 
> --------
> 
> checking whether complex class can set components independently... yes
> checking whether complex class can reference components independently... no
> checking libqhull/libqhull.h usability... yes
> checking libqhull/libqhull.h presence... no
> configure: WARNING: libqhull/libqhull.h: accepted by the compiler, rejected 
> by the preprocessor!
> configure: WARNING: libqhull/libqhull.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
> checking for libqhull/libqhull.h... yes
> checking for qh_qhull in -lqhull... yes
> checking for qh_version in -lqhull... yes
> checking whether the qhull library works... yes
> checking pcre.h usability... yes
> checking pcre.h presence... no
> configure: WARNING: pcre.h: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the 
> preprocessor!
> configure: WARNING: pcre.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
> checking for pcre.h... yes
> checking pcre/pcre.h usability... no
> checking pcre/pcre.h presence... no
> checking for pcre/pcre.h... no
> checking whether pcre.h defines the macros we need... no
> configure: error: to build Octave, you must have the PCRE library and header 
> files installed
> 

I am not familiar with your system. But generally it is important to see 
config.log to clarify what is wrong.

BTW, octave-3.6.4 is no longer maintained. Your post is suitable to help 
mailing list.
The maintainer list is the place to discuss current and developers  version.

Tatsuro