[dpdk-users] error while compiling pktgen-dpdk on RHEL/Centos 7.5

[Murali Krishna]

Hi,



I am trying to compile pktgen-3.5.8 on RHEL/Centos 7.5 kernel. I see below
error while compiling it from source.



# cd pktgen-3.5.8/

# make

== lib

== common

== utils

== vec

== lua

Package lua5.3 was not found in the pkg-config search path.

Perhaps you should add the directory containing `lua5.3.pc'

to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable

No package 'lua5.3' found

Package lua5.3 was not found in the pkg-config search path.

Perhaps you should add the directory containing `lua5.3.pc'

to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable

No package 'lua5.3' found

  CC rte_lua.o

In file included from /root/pkt/pktgen-3.5.8/lib/lua/rte_lua.c:27:0:

/root/pkt/pktgen-3.5.8/lib/lua/rte_lua.h:25:17: fatal error: lua.h: No such
file or directory

#include <lua.h>

                 ^

compilation terminated.

make[3]: *** [rte_lua.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** [all] Error 2

make[1]: *** [lua] Error 2

make: *** [lib] Error 2



i see same error even after installing lua53 packages.



# rpm -qa | grep lua5

lua53u-libs-5.3.4-1.ius.centos7.x86_64

lua53u-5.3.4-1.ius.centos7.x86_64

lua53u-devel-5.3.4-1.ius.centos7.x86_64



Is there any workaround for this error?



Thanks,

Murali