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running pecl install apcu on my mac m4 pro runs into

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:23:10: fatal error: 'pcre2.h' file not found
   23 | #include "pcre2.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

full output:

➜  php-rocket git:(master) pecl install apcu
downloading apcu-5.1.24.tgz ...
Starting to download apcu-5.1.24.tgz (90,866 bytes)
.....................done: 90,866 bytes
44 source files, building
running: phpize
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20230831
Zend Module Api No:      20230831
Zend Extension Api No:   420230831
Enable internal debugging in APCu [no] : 
building in /private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24
running: /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/configure --with-php-config=/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/php-config --enable-apcu-debug=no
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for cc... cc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
checking for cc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking for egrep -e... (cached) /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for icc... no
checking for suncc... no
checking for system library directory... lib
checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes
checking build system type... aarch64-apple-darwin24.5.0
checking host system type... aarch64-apple-darwin24.5.0
checking target system type... aarch64-apple-darwin24.5.0
checking for PHP prefix... /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22
checking for PHP includes... -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib
checking for PHP extension directory... /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/pecl/20230831
checking for PHP installed headers prefix... /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php
checking if debug is enabled... no
checking if zts is enabled... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking if awk is broken... no
checking whether to enable APCu support... yes, shared
checking if APCu should be allowed to use rwlocks... yes
checking if APCu should be built in debug mode... no
checking if APCu should clear on SIGUSR1... no
checking if APCu should use mmap instead of shm... yes
checking if APCu should utilize spinlocks before flocks... no
checking whether to enable Valgrind-based memory checks... yes
checking whether to include code coverage symbols... no
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for valgrind/memcheck.h... no
configure: Valgrind-based memory checks are disabled.
checking whether the target compiler supports builtin atomics... yes
checking for pthread rwlocks... yes
checking for pthread mutexes... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wall... yes
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wextra... yes
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wno-unused-parameter... yes
checking for library containing shm_open... none required
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for ld used by cc... /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 786432
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from cc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
checking for nmedit... nmedit
checking for -single_module linker flag... ld: warning: -single_module is obsolete
yes
checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
checking if cc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for cc option to produce PIC... -fno-common
checking if cc PIC flag -fno-common works... yes
checking if cc static flag -static works... no
checking if cc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the cc linker (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin24.5.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no

creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
configure: patching config.h.in
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.h
running: make
/bin/sh /private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE   -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc.c -o apc.lo  -MMD -MF apc.dep -MT apc.lo
mkdir .libs
 cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc.c -MMD -MF apc.dep -MT apc.lo  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/apc.o
/bin/sh /private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE   -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc_lock.c -o apc_lock.lo  -MMD -MF apc_lock.dep -MT apc_lock.lo
 cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc_lock.c -MMD -MF apc_lock.dep -MT apc_lock.lo  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/apc_lock.o
/bin/sh /private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE   -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc_mutex.c -o apc_mutex.lo  -MMD -MF apc_mutex.dep -MT apc_mutex.lo
 cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc_mutex.c -MMD -MF apc_mutex.dep -MT apc_mutex.lo  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/apc_mutex.o
/bin/sh /private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE   -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/php_apc.c -o php_apc.lo  -MMD -MF php_apc.dep -MT php_apc.lo
 cc -I. -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/include -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/pear-build-m.staabtzoN3B/apcu-5.1.24/main -I/private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/main -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/Zend -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/date/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -DZEND_COMPILE_DL_EXT=1 -c /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/php_apc.c -MMD -MF php_apc.dep -MT php_apc.lo  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/php_apc.o
In file included from /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/php_apc.c:34:
In file included from /private/tmp/pear/temp/apcu/apc_iterator.h:26:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/8.3.22/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:23:10: fatal error: 'pcre2.h' file not found
   23 | #include "pcre2.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: *** [php_apc.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `make' failed

But I expected this output instead: successfull installation


sorry if I am missing important info for a repro.. I am not a php-src extension installer pro ;)

PHP Version

PHP 8.3.22 (cli) (built: Jun  3 2025 17:17:57) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.22, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v3.4.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2024, by Derick Rethans

Operating System

macos sequoia 15.5

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