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: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/l ocal/sbin:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ export PATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PATH export PKG_CONFIG_PATH ________________________________ From: nexact [mailto:nexact@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:11 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Cc: Paul Jasa Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Eventlog NOT FOUND despite installation Importance: High not a lot of people having this issue... just check if evtlog is installed by doing: pkg-config --list-all | grep event if it's not installed, you will need to install it. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Paul Jasa <pjasa@univision.net> wrote: Hi, Syslog-NG will not install, no matter what version (tried 5 different ones 2.0.x, including the latest 2.1.3). All the installs end with the exact same error (pasted below) pointing to a missing "eventlog" (not sure whether it's called evtlog or eventlog, but same thing). I'm running RHEL 5. I've installed eventlog N times, including once with an RPM found at www.pbone.net . I see eventlog, it's there, but not where the syslog-ng script wants it. Seems a LOT of people are having this same issue. I looked through the lists and tried several solutions to no avail. Could a definitive fix be done to the eventlog installation script, and/or the syslog-ng installation script? Is there a known fix? Thanks. Paul J. --------------Running ./configure on RHEL 5-------------- checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for EVTLOG... no configure: error: Cannot find eventlog version >= 0.2: is pkg-config in path? -----------INSTALLATION STOPS HERE--------------- The information contained in this e-mail and any attached documents may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, distribute or use this information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your system ________________________________________________________________________ ______ Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html -- Francis Lacoste-Cordeau The information contained in this e-mail and any attached documents may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, distribute or use this information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your system