phpubuntubuildphalconubuntu-13.10

Error building : fatal error: pcre.h: No such file or directory


I'm just finished installing Ubuntu 13.10.

I want try Phalcon, and when I build the source (phalcon.so), I have this error :

     from /home/fabrice/Downloads/cphalcon/build/32bits/phalcon.c:204:
/usr/include/php5/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:29:18: fatal error: pcre.h: No such file or directory
 #include "pcre.h"
                  ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [phalcon.lo] Erreur 1

My installation of lamp is :

sudo apt-get install -y apache2 php5 mysql-server libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql php5-curl php5-imagick php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-sqlite php5-xdebug php-apc php5-intl php-mongo php5-dev gcc

Can anybody help me ?


Solution

  • The latest version of Phalcon uses PCRE libraries.

    You can install them like so:

    sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
    

    and then try and install Phalcon again

    For CentOS you will need to use

    sudo yum install pcre-devel
    

    Credits: @xgretsch

    For Mac you can use

    brew install pcre
    

    Credits @Brandon Romano

    For Mac without brew

    Go to https://www.pcre.org/ and download latest pcre:,

    tar -xzvf pcre-8.42.tar.gz
    cd pcre-8.42
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pcre-8.42
    make
    make install
    ln -s /usr/local/pcre-8.42 /usr/sbin/pcre
    ln -s /usr/local/pcre-8.42/include/pcre.h /usr/include/pcre.h
    

    Credits @user1377324