Protoc header files

[JimmyBinoculars]

I realize this issue has been created before but I could not understand how to fix it.

Here is the console output:

checking for libprotobuf... yes
checking protobuf library version... 3.12.4
checking for protoc... /usr/bin/protoc
checking protoc version... 3.12.4
checking for google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface.h... no
configure: error: Cannot find the protoc header files

System details:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
GPU: Intergrated
RAM: 8 gb no idea what brand

Commands I used to install ola:

git clone https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola.git ola
cd ola
autoreconf -i
./configure

[peternewman]

Hi @JimmyBinoculars ,

What does:
dpkg -l
Say?

Can you upload your config.log please.

Does following the steps here help:
https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/website/blob/f68f1b08d5046f34a0cf0ffc14db51c5d5a3f925/download_and_install/compiling_from_source.md

Specifically installing all dependencies first:

sudo apt-get install \
    autoconf \
    automake \
    bison \
    flex \
    g++ \
    libavahi-client-dev \
    libcppunit-dev \
    libftdi-dev \
    liblo-dev \
    libmicrohttpd-dev \
    libncurses-dev \
    libprotobuf-dev \
    libprotoc-dev \
    libtool \
    libusb-1.0.0-dev \
    make \
    protobuf-compiler \
    pkg-config \
    uuid-dev \
    zlib1g-dev

Then re-running configure?

[JimmyBinoculars]

Thanks @peternewman installing all of the dependencies worked and I will close the issue with this comment.

[peternewman]

Excellent, I'm glad that sorted it. Thanks for a very clear fault report too.

[ImNoahDev]

I have this problem too but on macos, is there an equivelent macos command with homebrew?