zabbix error

I often compile Zabbix from sources for work and for testing purposes.
In my opinion this is the best way of installation, because you can configure and install Zabbix Server or Proxy only with features that you exactly need and without relying on package options.
For each configuration, additional libraries will be needed, otherwise you’ll receive a dependency error.




So I’ve decided to find out which packages should be installed before compilation.
The installation has been performed in local lab on following environments:

• Operation systems: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS / CentOS 7.2.1511 (Core)
• Software: Zabbix 3.0.4 LTS

After testing all cases, I’ve created a list with detailed information for each configuration flag:

--with-ibm-db2
configure: error: IBM DB2 library not found

Solution: According to Zabbix official documentation, CLI location should be set. If DB2 is already installed locally, you shouldn’t receive such error. Otherwise download IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI (CLI Driver)

--with-oracle
configure: error: Oracle OCI library not found

Solution: Download and install Oracle Instant Client

--with-mysql
configure: error: MySQL library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libmysqld-dev / sudo yum install mysql-devel
Note: in CentOS 7 mysql replaced with MariaDB so mariadb-devel will be installed

--with-postgresql
configure: error: PostgreSQL library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev / sudo yum install postgresql-devel

--with-sqlite3
configure: error: SQLite3 library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev / sudo yum install sqlite-devel

--with-jabber
configure: error: Jabber library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libiksemel-dev then try –with-jabber=/usr / for CentOS install RPM’s from zabbix repos

--with-libxml2
configure: error: LIBXML2 library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev / sudo yum install libxml2-devel

--with-unixodbc
configure: error: unixODBC library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install unixodbc-dev / sudo yum install unixODBC-devel

--with-net-snmp
configure: error: Invalid Net-SNMP directory - unable to find net-snmp-config

Solution: sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev snmp / sudo yum install net-snmp-devel net-snmp
Note: I’d recommend install snmp/net-snmp also with devel packages just to avoid error of loading MIBs during Zabbix Server/Proxy first start.

--with-ssh2
configure: error: SSH2 library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libssh2-1-dev / sudo yum install libssh2-devel

--with-openipmi
configure: error: Invalid OPENIPMI directory - unable to find ipmiif.h

Solution: sudo apt-get install libopenipmi-dev / sudo yum install OpenIPMI-devel

--with-ldap
configure: error: Invalid LDAP directory - unable to find ldap.h

Solution: sudo apt-get install libldap2-dev / sudo yum install openldap-devel

--with-libcurl
configure: error: Curl library not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev / sudo yum install libcurl-devel

--with-mbedtls
configure: error: mbed TLS (PolarSSL) library libpolarssl not found

Solution: Best options is to install mbed TLS from sources
Note: Currently Zabbix supports 1.3.X version only. See more here.

--with-gnutls
configure: error: GnuTLS library libgnutls not found

Solution: sudo apt-get install libgnutls-dev / sudo yum install gnutls-devel