macosconfigureopenvpnlzo

Unable to install OpenVPN on macOS - configure: error: lzo enabled but missing

I'm trying to install OpenVPN on macOS High Sierra

I have cloned the github repo:

git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn

And switched to the latest stable branch:

git checkout origin release/2.4

But when I tried to build the project (following the INSTALL instructions):

autoreconf -i -v -f
./configure

I had this error during the configure step:

configure: error: lzo enabled but missing

Even after installing lzo dependency with macos ports, the problem persists.

Solution

  • The answer to this problem was easier than I thought...

    I had just to define the env vars CFLAGS and LDFLAGS before running configure script:

    export CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" 
export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib"

./configure
make
sudo make install

    UPDATE

    If you had to install lzo: