Problems compile phalcon on osx 10.9

Question

Trying to follow instruction from documentation:

running

$ sudo ./install

and get this:

gcc -I. -I/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/include -I/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/main -I/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits -I/usr/local/php5/include/php -I/usr/local/php5/include/php/main -I/usr/local/php5/include/php/TSRM -I/usr/local/php5/include/php/Zend -I/usr/local/php5/include/php/ext -I/usr/local/php5/include/php/ext/date/lib -DPHALCON_RELEASE -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -finline-functions -fomit-frame-pointer -fvisibility=hidden -c /Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/phalcon.o
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108409:21: error: libintl.h: No such file or directory
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c: In function ‘phalcon_translate_adapter_gettext_read_dimension’:
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108425: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘gettext’
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c: In function ‘phalcon_translate_adapter_gettext_has_dimension’:
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108441: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘gettext’
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c: In function ‘zim_Phalcon_Translate_Adapter_Gettext_query’:
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108553: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘gettext’
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108555: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘dgettext’
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c: In function ‘zim_Phalcon_Translate_Adapter_Gettext_exists’:
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108590: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘gettext’
/Users/honky/cphalcon/build/64bits/phalcon.c:108592: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘dgettext’
make: *** [phalcon.lo] Error 1

Any guess?

Answer 1

Mac os x ships with PHP 5.x preinstalled for a long time but installing not pre-installed extensions and solving library dependencies steals lot of free time and requires extra effort, getting lost in un-relevant google results. My experience has showed me that, the hard way. I strongly recommend using Homebrew on Mac OS X to eliminate really unnecessary pains like this.

After you have successfully installed Homebrew, having Phalcon extension (and thousands of other open source libs/tools/apps) as simple as this:

$ brew tap josegonzalez/homebrew-php
$ brew install php55-phalcon

When you need another extension or library, just type:

$ brew search <whatever>

To learn more about a formula or installing options:

$ brew info <whatever>

Note: Homebrew requires installing Xcode . Make sure that Xcode is installed on your mac before brewing. If something went wrong, use brew doctor command to get an idea about what's happening.