[Aide] Aide compilation issue: configure: error: AIDE requires mhash or libcrypt for hashsum calculation

[Hannes von Haugwitz]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 10:49:53PM +0000, Michael Arguello wrote:
> checking for libgcrypt... no
> configure: error: libgcrypt not found by pkg-config - Try to add directory containing libgcrypt.pc to PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
>
> So, it seems like it can't find libgcrypt, but I know I have it installed. There are the packages installed on my system:
> libgcrypt-1.5.3-14.el7.x86_64
> libgcrypt-devel-1.5.3-14.el7.x86_64

Does one of these packages provide the libgcrypt.pc file?

What is the output of the following commands?:

pkg-config --path libpcre2-8

pkg-config --path libgcrypt

Best regards

Hannes