Building ohcount on OS X

When trying to build ohcount on OS X, I get:

computer-van-reinier-lamers:~/Source/ohcount reinier$ rake

(in /Users/reinier/Source/ohcount)

/Users/reinier/Source/ohcount/test/unit/*_test.rb

/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb

checking for pcre_compile() in -lpcre... no

BUILD_TYPE: RELEASE

creating Makefile

make

gcc -I. -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin8.0 -I. -fno-common -g -O2 -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -g -O2 -Wall -DNDEBUG
-arch i386 -c common.c

In file included from common.c:1:

common.h:32:18: error: pcre.h: No such file or directory

In file included from common.h:35, from common.c:1: compiled_state.h:13: error: parse error before 'pcre' compiled_state.h:13: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union compiledstate.h:14: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'pcreextra' compiled_state.h:14: warning: data definition has no type or storage class compiled_state.h:16: error: parse error before '}' token compiled_state.h:16: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'CompiledState' compiled_state.h:16: warning: data definition has no type or storage class compiled_state.h:19: error: parse error before '*' token compiled_state.h:20: error: parse error before '*' token In file included from common.h:36, from common.c:1: polyglot.h:14: error: parse error before 'CompiledState' polyglot.h:14: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union polyglot.h:16: error: parse error before '}' token polyglot.h:16: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'Polyglot' polyglot.h:16: warning: data definition has no type or storage class polyglot.h:18: error: parse error before '*' token polyglot.h:19: error: parse error before '*' token In file included from common.h:37, from common.c:1: polyglots.h:12: error: parse error before '*' token polyglots.h:12: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'POLYGLOTS' polyglots.h:12: warning: data definition has no type or storage class In file included from common.h:39, from common.c:1: parser.h:32: error: parse error before 'Polyglot' common.c: In function 'die': common.c:5: warning: implicit declaration of function 'exit' common.c:5: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit' make: * [common.o] Error 1 rake aborted! Command failed with status (2): [make...] /Users/reinier/Source/ohcount/rakefile:64

I have installed PCRE via fink but gcc is not looking at the PCRE headers during the build. Manually fixing the Makefile in ext/ can get me beyond this error, but then gives me a dynamic linker error. Is there a nice way to build ohcount on OS X?

I installed PCRE from MacPorts after removing it with fink. Then I get:

irb(main):001:0> require 'mkmf'

=> true

irb(main):002:0> havelibrary 'pcre', 'pcrecompile'

checking for pcre_compile() in -lpcre... no

=> false

irb(main):003:0>

I fixed it by installing Ruby from MacPorts, too.

So my recipe was:

1. Install PCRE with MacPorts
2. Install Ruby with MacPorts
3. Adjust your PATH environment variable in .bashrc such that typing 'ruby' loads the MacPorts ruby, not the one that comes with Tiger by default
4. Install RubyGems from MacPorts
5. gem install rake
6. Execute 'rake' in the ohcount source directory

That's not too hard :-)

The Ruby I originally tried to build ohcount with was not the one that Apple ships, but came from some binary package that's advertised on the web to get up and running with Ruby on Rails quickly.

Has anyone tried to build ohcount on Leopard? A how-to similar to the Ubuntu/Gentoo/ArchLinux pages would be very useful.

ok I followed tux_rocker's instructions on Mac 10.5.2 but I'm stuck at point vi. When I try to build ohcount, I get error messages that suggest the built-in version of Ruby is used instead of the one downloaded via MacPorts:

gcc -I. -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin9.0 -I. -fno-common -arch ppc -arch i386 -Os -pipe -fno-common -g -O2 -Wall -DNDEBUG -c common.c

I have changed my path in .tcshrc so that the Macports paths come earlier than /usr/bin, am I missing something in point iii.?

I've found a solution to this problem, at least for PPC Leopard (on a G4 PowerBook), please take a look here Hope this helps! :) Cheers