How do I compile jzmq for ZeroMQ on OSX?

Question

Trying to follow the directions from: http://github.com/zeromq/jzmq

I installed pkg-config using Homebrew and then I run the following commands: ./autogen.sh ./configure

Answer 1

Trying to compile jzmq on Mac OS X, proved to be a bit of a headache. I followed the instructions above. I was still getting following error

syntax error near unexpected token `PKG_CHECK_MODULES

The instructions above tell you to copy the pkgk.m4 file into /usr/share/aclocal, but your directory might be different. Basically you need the dir that automake searches for macro definitions.

The _PKG_CHECK_MODULES_ macro is defined in the pkg.m4 file. This file must be installed in the appropriate directory, which is searched by automake. Somehow automake is installed twice on my OS X, one in /usr and another in /Developer/usr. Make sure you know which one it's using. Just do which automake. If yours in is /Developer/usr, then copy the pkg.m4 file to /Developer/usr/share/aclocal.