Problems compiling agent (zabbix-1.1beta12) on Solaris 8

[michaeln]

I tried to compile the agent on Solaris 8 but got the following errors:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/zabbix-1.1beta12 --enable-agent

checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: Configuring
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o

.....
.....

checking sys/var.h usability... yes
checking sys/var.h presence... yes
checking for sys/var.h... yes
checking resolv.h usability... no
checking resolv.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: resolv.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
checking for resolv.h... yes
checking arpa/nameser.h usability... yes
checking arpa/nameser.h presence... yes
checking for arpa/nameser.h... yes
checking assert.h usability... yes
checking assert.h presence... yes

...
...

checking for nlist.h... yes
checking net/if.h usability... no
checking net/if.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: net/if.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
checking for net/if.h... yes
checking kvm.h usability... yes
checking kvm.h presence... yes
checking for kvm.h... yes
checking linux/kernel.h usability... no
checking linux/kernel.h presence... no
checking for linux/kernel.h... no
checking ldap.h usability... no
checking ldap.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: ldap.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
checking for ldap.h... yes
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... no
checking for getopt.h... no
checking procinfo.h usability... no
checking procinfo.h presence... no
checking for procinfo.h... no
checking sys/dk.h usability... no
checking sys/dk.h presence... no
checking for sys/dk.h... no

...
...

checking for getopt_long... no
checking for NET-SNMP support... no
checking for UCD-SNMP support... no
checking for LDAP support... no
checking for architecture... ok (solaris2.8)
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxlog/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxcrypto/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxpid/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxnet/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxconf/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_sender/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxdbhigh/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxemail/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsms/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/pinger/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_agent/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/housekeeper/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/alerter/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/trapper/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/poller/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_server/timer/Makefile
config.status: creating src/zabbix_get/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxcommon/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/freebsd/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/hpux/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/openbsd/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/osx/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/solaris/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/osf/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/netbsd/Makefile
config.status: creating src/libs/zbxsysinfo/unknown/Makefile
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands


Configuration:

Detected OS: solaris2.8
Install path: /usr/local/zabbix-1.1beta12
Compiler: gcc
Compiler flags: -g -O2
Linker flags: -lkvm -lresolv -lnsl -lkstat -lsocket
Compilation arch: solaris

Enable server: no
With database: no

Enable agent: yes

************************************************** *********
* Now run 'make' *
* *
* Thank you for using ZABBIX! *
* <http://www.zabbix.com> *
************************************************** *********

make

Making all in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src'
Making all in libs
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs'
Making all in zbxcommon
make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs/zbxcommon'
make[4]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs/zbxcommon'
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include -g -O2 -MT base64.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/base64.Tpo" -c -o base64.o base64.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/base64.Tpo" ".deps/base64.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/base64.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include -g -O2 -MT misc.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/misc.Tpo" -c -o misc.o misc.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/misc.Tpo" ".deps/misc.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/misc.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
In file included from ../../../include/sysinc.h:83,
from ../../../include/common.h:23,
from misc.c:1:
/usr/include/ldap.h:494: error: field `ldctl_value' has incomplete type
/usr/include/ldap.h:1083: error: syntax error before "BerElement"
/usr/include/ldap.h:1085: error: syntax error before "BerElement"
/usr/include/ldap.h:1115: error: syntax error before "BerElement"
make[4]: *** [misc.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs/zbxcommon'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs/zbxcommon'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src/libs'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/zabbix-1.1beta12/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Has someone a clue howto solve this problem?
Or could someone provide precompiled versions of the newest zabbix_agentd
for Solaris 8?

Regards

Michael

[lreger]

You need net-snmp, openssl and may be openldap for solaris!

I tried it with the packages from sunfreeware.com but unfortunately
the precompiled net-snmp has not satisfied the compiler because of a missing
system header file <getopt.h>. The openldap packages comes with
a getopt.h but I am not sure if that works because usually the
getopt functions are implemented in <unistd.h>. So a better solution
for me was:

1. Install openssl and openldap packages from sunfreeware.com
(it may be possible that you need further dependend packages)
2. Get the actual source tar file of net-snmp from http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/download.html
3. compile and install net-snmp
4. compile and install zabbix --with-net-snmp enabled.

[jfriedman]

Is LDAP required? What if I do not need it?

Are Net-SNMP and OpenLDAP required for Solaris? If so why? Can the SNMP that comes with Solaris be used?

Can the agent be installed on Solaris without LDAP? How?

Still learning...

- Jeff

[jfriedman]

A hack for compiling on Solaris 8

Well, if you don't need LDAP, you can get to compile be doing the following:

Edit the /<your_path/zabbix-1.1/include/sysinc.h and remove the following lines:

#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_H
#include <ldap.h>
#endif

For some reason this will always get included, can't seem to tell configure to ignore.

- Jeff