Problems installing irssi dependencies (glib, util-linux) on shared CentOS host …

[fooness]

Hello everyone. I’m trying to install irssi via linuxbrew on a shared CentOS host (uberspace). Unfortunately, I’m running into some problems with glib and util-linux dependencies it seems. Could someone maybe help out, please?

$ brew install irssi
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/core).
==> Updated Formulae
Updated 2 formulae.

Warning: Building util-linux from source as the bottle needs:
- HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar)
- HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew)
==> Downloading https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.36/util-linux-2.36.2.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /home/user/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/a6f62ede1d354d54988df098d37d0d6439bd0886c997314ee668b9df5f225f1b--util-linux-2.36.2.tar.xz
Warning: Building glib from source as the bottle needs:
- HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar)
- HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew)
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/43467fd8dfc0e8954892ecc08fab131242dca025/glib/hardcoded-paths.diff
Already downloaded: /home/user/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/3cff797fba2e962ee6871405f3f9c105575e25520c4eeadd25ebfe6c746d3f15--hardcoded-paths.diff
==> Downloading https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.68/glib-2.68.2.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /home/user/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/99eed97733700f58b16bd5c113fe2e61eae260ba54bc7acec289b0f69da027b6--glib-2.68.2.tar.xz
Warning: Building irssi from source as the bottle needs:
- HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar)
- HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew (yours is /home/user/.linuxbrew)
==> Downloading https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.2.3/irssi-1.2.3.tar.xz
==> Downloading from https://github-releases.githubusercontent.com/20344030/7b100880-996f-11eb-83ac-dd4f5a8571cf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credent
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==> Installing dependencies for irssi: util-linux and glib
==> Installing irssi dependency: util-linux
==> ./configure --prefix=/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2 --disable-use-tty-group --disable-kill --disable-cal --without-systemd --with-bashcompl
==> make install
Last 15 lines from /home/user/.cache/Homebrew/Logs/util-linux/02.make:
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"   -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -g -O2 -c -o disk-utils/isosize.o disk-utils/isosize.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"   -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -I./libsmartcols/src -g -O2 -c -o sys-utils/rfkill-rfkill.o `test -f 'sys-utils/rfkill.c' || echo './'`sys-utils/rfkill.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"   -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -g -O2 -c -o sys-utils/readprofile.o sys-utils/readprofile.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"   -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -g -O2 -c -o sys-utils/ldattach.o sys-utils/ldattach.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"   -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -g -O2 -c -o sys-utils/rtcwake.o sys-utils/rtcwake.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"    -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -I./libuuid/src  -g -O2 -c -o misc-utils/uuidd-uuidd.o `test -f 'misc-utils/uuidd.c' || echo './'`misc-utils/uuidd.c
gcc-5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/share/locale\" -D_PATH_RUNSTATEDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/var/run\" -D_PATH_SYSCONFSTATICDIR=\"/home/user/.linuxbrew/Cellar/util-linux/2.36.2/lib\"    -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Wextra -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result -Wunused-variable -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdiscarded-qualifiers -Werror=sequence-point -I./libuuid/src  -g -O2 -c -o lib/uuidd-monotonic.o `test -f 'lib/monotonic.c' || echo './'`lib/monotonic.c
misc-utils/hardlink.c:36:20: fatal error: pcre2.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [misc-utils/hardlink-hardlink.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/util-linux-20210527-30282-1w7t7uc/util-linux-2.36.2'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/util-linux-20210527-30282-1w7t7uc/util-linux-2.36.2'
make: *** [install] Error 2

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[carlocab]

misc-utils/hardlink.c:36:20: fatal error: pcre2.h: No such file or directory

Not sure why it's looking for that header, but maybe you could try brew install pcre2.

[fooness]

Thank you, this indeed did the trick. I tried brew install pcre before, but not pcre2 …