RPM build error while installing maildrop-toaster

centos123 · 04-19-2011, 05:29 AM

checking pcre.h usability... no
checking pcre.h presence... no
checking for pcre.h... no
checking pcre/pcre.h usability... no
checking pcre/pcre.h presence... no
checking for pcre/pcre.h... no
configure: error: pcre.h not found - install PCRE from www.pcre.org
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.76635 (%prep)

RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.76635 (%prep)

how to solve this error

knudfl · 04-19-2011, 07:41 AM

Simply : # yum install pcre-devel

When a package is missing at build or compile stage, it is always
(lib)<name>-devel, that is required.

The yum command to trace pcre.h : # yum provides */pcre.h
>>> Which will reply with the package name : pcre-devel

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centos123 · 04-21-2011, 08:32 AM

thanks it work.....
i had post 1 more thread pls sort out that thread..