Install error - RedHat - Nagios 1.2

[Dhawal Doshy]

The following commands should do the trick

cd /usr/lib
ln -s /path/to/mysql/lib mysql (the mysql at the end is important)
cd /usr/include
ln -s /path/to/mysql/include mysql (the mysql at the end is important)

- dhawal

Tom wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to install nagios-1.2 on a redhat box. I think i have done
>everything as i should however my 'make all' fails with
>
># make all
>cd ./base && make
>make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tom/nagios-1.2/base'
>gcc -g -O2 -I/opt/mysql/include -I/opt/gd-2.0.15/include/  -Dbool=char -DHAS
>_BOOL -I/usr/local/include  -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE  -DHAVE
>_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE   -c -o checks.o checks.c
>gcc -g -O2 -I/opt/mysql/include -I/opt/gd-2.0.15/include/  -Dbool=char -DHAS
>_BOOL -I/usr/local/include  -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE  -DHAVE
>_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE   -c -o config.o config.c
>
>etc etc and then...
>
>6-linux/CORE  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -L/opt/mysql/lib -L/opt/gd-2.0.15/lib
>/ -lmysqlclient  nagios.c checks.o config.o commands.o flapping.o logging.o
>notifications.o sehandlers.o utils.o sretention.o ../xdata/xrddb.c
>../common/comments.c ../xdata/xcddb.c ../common/objects.c
>../xdata/xodtemplate.c ../common/statusdata.c ../xdata/xsddb.c perfdata.o
>../xdata/xpddefault.c ../common/downtime.c
>./xdata/xdddb.c   -rdynamic  -L/usr/local/lib
>/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/usr/lib/pe
>rl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt -lm -o
>nagios
>../xdata/xrddb.c:41: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xrddb.c:42: mysql/errmsg.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xcddb.c:49: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xcddb.c:50: mysql/errmsg.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xsddb.c:46: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xsddb.c:47: mysql/errmsg.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xdddb.c:49: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
>../xdata/xdddb.c:50: mysql/errmsg.h: No such file or directory
>make[1]: *** [nagios] Error 1
>
>this is a copy of my configure command....
>
>./configure --prefix=/opt/nagios-1.2 --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios
>-grp=nagios --with-mail=/bin/mail --with-init-dir=/etc/rc.d/init.d --with-lo
>ckfile=/opt/nagios-1.2/nagios.pid --enable-embedded-perl --with-mysql-xdata
>--with-mysql-status --with-mysql-comments --with-mysql-extinfo --with-mysql-
>retention --with-mysql-object --with-mysql-downtime --with-mysql-lib=/opt/my
>sql/lib --with-mysql-inc=/opt/mysql/include --with-gd-lib=/opt/gd-2.0.15/lib
>/ --with-gd-inc=/opt/gd-2.0.15/include/ --with-cgiurl=/html/cgi-bin --with-h
>tmurl=/html
>
>and the result of this configure is...
>
>*** Configuration summary for nagios 1.2 02-02-2004 ***:
>
> General Options:
> -------------------------
>        Nagios executable:  nagios
>        Nagios user/group:  nagios,nagios
>       Command user/group:  nagios,nagios
>            Embedded Perl:  yes, without caching
>        Install ${prefix}:  /opt/nagios-1.2
>                Lock file:  /opt/nagios-1.2/nagios.pid
>           Init directory:  /etc/rc.d/init.d
>
> Web Interface Options:
> ------------------------
>                 HTML URL:  http://localhost/html/
>                  CGI URL:  http://localhost/html/cgi-bin/
> Traceroute (used by WAP):  /usr/sbin/traceroute
>
> External Data Routines:
> ------------------------
>              Status data:  Database (MySQL)
>              Object data:  Template-based (text file)
>             Comment data:  Database (MySQL)
>            Downtime data:  Database (MySQL)
>           Retention data:  Database (MySQL)
>          Peformance data:  Default (external commands)
>       Extended info data:  Database (MySQL)
>
>can anyone help me get this installed?
>
>thanks
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>
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