NSCA - Could not run libmcrypt test program

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supmethods
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NSCA - Could not run libmcrypt test program

Post by supmethods »

I am trying to compile NSCA on AlmaLinux 8.6. When I run configure I get the error message as below. libmcrypt has already been installed and is located in the /usr/lib64/ directory.

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checking for libmcrypt - version >= 2.4.11... no
*** Could not run libmcrypt test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means LIBMCRYPT was incorrectly installed
*** or that you have moved LIBMCRYPT since it was installed. In the latter case, you
*** may want to edit the libmcrypt-config script: no


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MCRYPT LIBRARY (libmcrypt) COULD NOT BE LOCATED...

The mcrypt library could not be located on your system.  This
means that you will NOT be able to use any crypto algorithms
in the NSCA client or daemon.

Read the SECURITY text file for more information on why
encryption is important to ensuring that the NSCA daemon is
not abused by malicious users.

You can download libmcrypt from:

        http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/


NOTE: After you install the MCRYPT library on your system:

      1. Make sure /etc/ld.so.conf has an entry for the
         directory in which the MCRYPT library is installed.
      2. Run 'ldconfig' to update the run-time linker options.
      3. Run 'make devclean' in the NSCA distribution to clean
         out any old references to your previous compile.
      4. Rerun the configure script.

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Last edited by supmethods on Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
supmethods
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Re: NSCA - Could not run libmcrypt test program

Post by supmethods »

Installing libmcrypt-devel fixed the problem.
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