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class=771215814-26112008>Thanks. The issue had to do with the pkg-config
search path (defined by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH, which was missing on my system).
In case it helps anyone else, it was fixed by adding/editing the
following lines on the .bash_profile file in my home directory as
follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=771215814-26112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=771215814-26112008>PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=771215814-26112008>export
PATH<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=771215814-26112008>PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PATH<BR>export
PKG_CONFIG_PATH</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nexact [mailto:nexact@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Syslog-ng
users' and developers' mailing list<BR><B>Cc:</B> Paul Jasa<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [syslog-ng] Eventlog NOT FOUND despite installation<BR><B>Importance:</B>
High<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>not a lot of people having this issue...<BR>just check if evtlog is
installed by doing: <BR> pkg-config --list-all | grep event<BR><BR>if it's
not installed, you will need to install it.<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Paul Jasa <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:pjasa@univision.net">pjasa@univision.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>Hi,
Syslog-NG will not install, no matter what version (tried 5<BR>different ones
2.0.x, including the latest 2.1.3). All the installs end<BR>with the
exact same error (pasted below) pointing to a missing<BR>"eventlog" (not sure
whether it's called evtlog or eventlog, but same<BR>thing). I'm running
RHEL 5.<BR>I've installed eventlog N times, including once with an RPM found
at<BR><A href="http://www.pbone.net" target=_blank>www.pbone.net</A> . I
see eventlog, it's there, but not where the syslog-ng<BR>script wants
it.<BR><BR>Seems a LOT of people are having this same issue. I looked
through the<BR>lists and tried several solutions to no avail. Could a
definitive fix be<BR>done to the eventlog installation script, and/or the
syslog-ng<BR>installation script?<BR><BR>Is there a known
fix?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR>Paul J.<BR><BR>--------------Running ./configure on
RHEL 5--------------<BR><BR>checking pkg-config is at least version <A
href="http://0.9.0." target=_blank>0.9.0.</A>.. yes<BR>checking for EVTLOG...
no<BR>configure: error: Cannot find eventlog version >= 0.2: is pkg-config
in<BR>path?<BR>-----------INSTALLATION STOPS HERE---------------<BR><BR>The
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