[squid-users] squid-7.0.2 can't configure with LDAP-helpers

[Amos Jeffries]

On 15/07/25 21:41, Andrey K wrote:
> Hello, Francesco,
> 
> The output of the command:
> pkg-config --libs ldap
> Package ldap was not found in the pkg-config search path.
> Perhaps you should add the directory containing `ldap.pc'
> to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> Package 'ldap', required by 'virtual:world', not found
> 
> However, the libldap is installed in the system as a part of the 
> openldap package:
> locate libldap
> /usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2
> /usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2.10.9
> /usr/lib64/libldap.so
> /usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2
> /usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9
> /usr/lib64/libldap_r.so
> 
> There is no ldap.pc file in the standard OEL openldap packages:
> openldap-devel-2.4.46-18.el8.x86_64
> openldap-2.4.46-18.el8.x86_64
> 

I think the issue is that the ldap.pc was added in openldap 2.5. Your 
version is just a bit older.


This build option should work for your older OpenLDAP install:

   ./configure --with-ldap=/usr


Cheers
Amos