Problem installing Zabbix with libiconv

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 8, 2013, at 02:20, Nate Rudd wrote:

> I am trying to setup Zabbix server for the first time and am running into problems with "make install" catching on some "undefined symbols" that are supposed to be referencing functions in libiconv.  Here is what I have done:
> 
> Installed a clean install of OS X 10.9
> Installed macports from the package
> sudo port install mysql5-server

The mysql5 ports are old; consider using the mysql51, mysql55, mysql56, mariadb or percona ports instead.

> sudo port install apache2
> sudo port install php5 +apache2
> sudo port install php5-mysql
> sudo port install php5-gd
> sudo port install php5-sockets
> sudo port install php5-mbstring
> sudo port install php5-gettext
> sudo port install php5-iconv

php5 ports are old; consider using php53, php54 or php55 ports instead.

> I downloaded Zabbix from the source and am able to run the following line:
> ./configure --enable-server --enable-agent --with-mysql=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config --with-ldap --enable-ipv6 --with-net-snmp --with-libcurl --prefix=/usr/local --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local

Is there a reason why you don’t want to use the zabbix or zabbix2 ports that we already have in MacPorts?

Installing software into prefix /usr/local can cause problems for MacPorts so please don’t do that. If you have anything in /usr/local now you should remove it to prevent further problems.

> When I run "make install" I get the following error:
> gcc -DZABBIX_DAEMON -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -DDATADIR="\"/usr/local/share\"" -g -O2  -I/opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql  -pipe -Os -fPIC    -D_P1003_1B_VISIBLE -DSIGNAL_WITH_VIO_CLOSE -DSIGNALS_DONT_BREAK_READ -DIGNORE_SIGHUP_SIGQUIT  -DDONT_DECLARE_CXA_PURE_VIRTUAL       -I. -I/usr/local/include    -I/usr/include  -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib/mysql5/mysql -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib/          -L/usr/lib -rdynamic   -o zabbix_server zabbix_server-actions.o zabbix_server-operations.o zabbix_server-events.o zabbix_server-scripts.o zabbix_server-server.o alerter/libzbxalerter.a dbsyncer/libzbxdbsyncer.a dbconfig/libzbxdbconfig.a discoverer/libzbxdiscoverer.a pinger/libzbxpinger.a poller/libzbxpoller.a housekeeper/libzbxhousekeeper.a timer/libzbxtimer.a trapper/libzbxtrapper.a snmptrapper/libzbxsnmptrapper.a nodewatcher/libzbxnodewatcher.a utils/libzbxutils.a httppoller/libzbxhttppoller.a watchdog/libzbxwatchdog.a escalator/libzbxescalator.a proxypoller/libzbxproxypoller.a selfmon/libzbxselfmon.a ../../src/libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxserversysinfo.a ../../src/libs/zbxsysinfo/osx/libspecsysinfo.a ../../src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/libcommonsysinfo.a ../../src/libs/zbxsysinfo/simple/libsimplesysinfo.a ../../src/libs/zbxlog/libzbxlog.a ../../src/libs/zbxdbcache/libzbxdbcache.a ../../src/libs/zbxmemory/libzbxmemory.a ../../src/libs/zbxalgo/libzbxalgo.a ../../src/libs/zbxnix/libzbxnix.a ../../src/libs/zbxsys/libzbxsys.a ../../src/libs/zbxconf/libzbxconf.a ../../src/libs/zbxmedia/libzbxmedia.a ../../src/libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a ../../src/libs/zbxcrypto/libzbxcrypto.a ../../src/libs/zbxcomms/libzbxcomms.a ../../src/libs/zbxcommshigh/libzbxcommshigh.a ../../src/libs/zbxjson/libzbxjson.a ../../src/libs/zbxexec/libzbxexec.a ../../src/libs/zbxself/libzbxself.a ../../src/libs/zbxserver/libzbxserver.a ../../src/libs/zbxicmpping/libzbxicmpping.a ../../src/libs/zbxdbhigh/libzbxdbhigh.a ../../src/libs/zbxdb/libzbxdb.a   -lmysqlclient       -lcurl  -lnetsnmp -lcrypto -lcrypto  -lnetsnmp -lcrypto -lcrypto   -lldap -llber  -lm  -lresolv -liconv
> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>   "_iconv", referenced from:
>       _convert_to_utf8 in libzbxcommon.a(str.o)
>   "_iconv_close", referenced from:
>       _convert_to_utf8 in libzbxcommon.a(str.o)
>   "_iconv_open", referenced from:
>       _convert_to_utf8 in libzbxcommon.a(str.o)
> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
> make[3]: *** [zabbix_server] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> 
> 
> The references are being called from src/libs/zbxcommon/str.c, but I don't know how to modify that file in order for the "make install" command to complete successfully.

Right at this moment I can’t immediately see why this problem would be occurring, but if the problem occurs when installing the zabbix or zabbix2 port I could look into it further.

> I read the many posts online that talk about a conflict with the system version of libiconv, so I have tried moving the system libiconv with the following command.  But that didn't have an effect.
> sudo mv /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.old.dylib


Changing / renaming / moving files in prefix /usr can cause problems for OS X so please don’t do that.