# trouble: compile Bro in RedHat 8.0
**URL:** https://community.zeek.org/t/trouble-compile-bro-in-redhat-8-0/353
**Category:** Zeek
**Created:** [April 3, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/trouble-compile-bro-in-redhat-8-0/353 "2003-04-03T15:58:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Shaofu\_Wang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Shaofu_Wang)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/trouble-compile-bro-in-redhat-8-0/353/1 "2003-04-03T15:58:33Z")
Hi all
Any help is wellcome
In RedHat7.2, there are no such problem as following.
[w@cs bro-pub-0.7a175b]$ make
c++ -I. -O -Ilinux-include -c main.cc
In file included from main.cc:29:
Active.h:30: type specifier omitted for parameter `string'
Active.h:30: parse error before `&' token
In file included from Val.h:27,
from Frame.h:25,
from main.cc:31:
Type.h:29:20: hash\_map: No such file or directory
In file included from Val.h:27,
from Frame.h:25,
from main.cc:31:
Type.h:425: `hash' was not declared in this scope
Type.h:425: parse error before `char'
Type.h:426: 'NameMap' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
In file included from main.cc:31:
Frame.h:75: syntax error before `;' token
In file included from Debug.h:30,
from Expr.h:31,
from Event.h:25,
from main.cc:33:
DbgBreakpoint.h:22: type specifier omitted for parameter `string'
DbgBreakpoint.h:22: parse error before `)' token
DbgBreakpoint.h:41: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `string' with no type
DbgBreakpoint.h:41: parse error before `&' token
DbgBreakpoint.h:42: semicolon missing after declaration of `DbgBreakpoint'
DbgBreakpoint.h: In member function `int DbgBreakpoint::GetID() const':
DbgBreakpoint.h:18: `BPID' undeclared (first use this function)
DbgBreakpoint.h:18: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
function it appears in.)
DbgBreakpoint.h: In member function `bool DbgBreakpoint::IsTemporary() const':
DbgBreakpoint.h:29: `temporary' undeclared (first use this function)
DbgBreakpoint.h: At global scope:
DbgBreakpoint.h:42: parse error before `&' token
DbgBreakpoint.h:42: `bool' is now a keyword
DbgBreakpoint.h:44: non-member function `int GetRepeatCount()' cannot have `
const' method qualifier
DbgBreakpoint.h: In function `int GetRepeatCount()':
DbgBreakpoint.h:44: `repeat\_count' undeclared (first use this function)
DbgBreakpoint.h: At global scope:
DbgBreakpoint.h:47: non-member function `bool IsEnabled()' cannot have `const'
method qualifier
DbgBreakpoint.h: In function `bool IsEnabled()':
DbgBreakpoint.h:47: `enabled' undeclared (first use this function)
DbgBreakpoint.h: At global scope:
DbgBreakpoint.h:51: non-member function `const char\* Description()' cannot have
`const' method qualifier
DbgBreakpoint.h: In function `const char\* Description()':
DbgBreakpoint.h:51: `description' undeclared (first use this function)
DbgBreakpoint.h: At global scope:
DbgBreakpoint.h:53: parse error before `protected'
DbgBreakpoint.h:63: 'Kind' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
DbgBreakpoint.h:64: `bool enabled' used prior to declaration
DbgBreakpoint.h:65: `bool temporary' used prior to declaration
DbgBreakpoint.h:66: `int BPID' used prior to declaration
DbgBreakpoint.h:68: `char description[512]' used prior to declaration
DbgBreakpoint.h:69: 'string' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
DbgBreakpoint.h:77: `int repeat\_count' used prior to declaration
DbgBreakpoint.h:80: 'string' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
DbgBreakpoint.h:81: parse error before `}' token
In file included from Expr.h:31,
from Event.h:25,
from main.cc:33:
Debug.h:42: syntax error before `;' token
Debug.h:43: syntax error before `;' token
Debug.h:93: 'BPIDMapType' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
Debug.h:94: 'vector' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
Debug.h:95: 'vector' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
Debug.h:96: 'BPMapType' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
Debug.h:141: parse error before `&' token
Debug.h:177: parse error before `\*' token
In file included from Event.h:25,
from main.cc:33:
Expr.h:532: 'string' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type.
Expr.h: In member function `const char\* FieldAssignExpr::FieldName() const':
Expr.h:526: `field\_name' undeclared (first use this function)
In file included from Event.h:26,
from main.cc:33:
Func.h: At global scope:
Func.h:46: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `vector' with no type
Func.h:46: template-id `vector\' used as a declarator
Func.h:46: `vector' declared as a `virtual' field
Func.h:46: parse error before `&' token
Func.h: In constructor `Func::Func(FuncType\*)':
Func.h:39: `t' undeclared (first use this function)
Func.h:39: `scope' undeclared (first use this function)
Func.h: At global scope:
Func.h:49: ISO C++ forbids defining types within return type
Func.h:49: syntax error before `\*' token
Func.h:53: virtual outside class declaration
Func.h:55: virtual outside class declaration
Func.h:56: virtual outside class declaration
Func.h:56: non-member function `Scope* GetScope()' cannot have `const' method
qualifier
Func.h:58: non-member function `BroType* FType()' cannot have `const' method
qualifier
Func.h:60: parse error before `protected'
Func.h:62: `FuncType\*t' used prior to declaration
Func.h:63: `Scope\*scope' used prior to declaration
Func.h:64: parse error before `}' token
In file included from main.cc:33:
Event.h: In member function `void Event::Dispatch()':
Event.h:43: no matching function for call to `Func::Call(val\_list\*&)'
In file included from DFA.h:75,
from main.cc:42:
NFA.h:36:1: warning: "INFINITY" redefined
In file included from /usr/include/math.h:40,
from PriorityQueue.h:25,
from Timer.h:25,
from Val.h:32,
from Frame.h:25,
from main.cc:31:
/usr/include/bits/mathdef.h:35:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
main.cc: In function `int main(int, char\*\*)':
main.cc:188: `string' undeclared (first use this function)
main.cc:188: parse error before `;' token
main.cc:311: `active\_file' undeclared (first use this function)
main.cc:440: `g\_frame\_stack' undeclared (first use this function)
make: \*\*\* [main.o] Error 1
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### Author:  [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/trouble-compile-bro-in-redhat-8-0/353/2 "2003-04-03T16:49:58Z")
Which gcc version do you use? Do you get similar errors with a
recent 0.8\* version of Bro?
There were some incompatibilities with gcc \>= 3.0 (3.2?), but I
think have been fixed (although I don't remember whether the changes
have already been integrated into the latest version).
Robin
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/trouble-compile-bro-in-redhat-8-0/353/3 "2022-05-06T15:36:43Z")