AIO not found while compiling nginx

Question

I am trying to compile nginx on ubuntu and I am using the following config parameters:

./configure \
  --prefix=/usr/share/nginx \
  --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
  --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
  --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
  --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock \
  --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid \
  --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body \
  --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi \
  --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy \
  --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi \
  --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi \
  --with-debug \
  --with-pcre-jit \
  --with-http_ssl_module \
  --with-http_stub_status_module \
  --with-http_realip_module \
  --with-http_auth_request_module \
  --with-http_addition_module \
  --with-http_dav_module \
  --with-http_geoip_module \
  --with-http_gzip_static_module \
  --with-http_sub_module \
  --with-http_v2_module \
  --with-stream \
  --with-stream_ssl_module \
  --with-stream_ssl_preread_module \
  --with-threads \
  --with-file-aio \
  --without-mail_pop3_module \
  --without-mail_smtp_module \
  --without-mail_imap_module \
  --without-http_uwsgi_module \
  --without-http_scgi_module \
  --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic' \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/ngx_devel_kit-$NDK_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/set-misc-nginx-module-$SETMISC_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/nginx-module-vts-$VTS_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/lua-nginx-module-$LUA_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/headers-more-nginx-module-$MORE_HEADERS_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/nginx-goodies-nginx-sticky-module-ng-$STICKY_SESSIONS_VERSION" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/nginx-http-auth-digest-$NGINX_DIGEST_AUTH" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module-$NGINX_SUBSTITUTIONS" \
  --add-module="$BUILD_PATH/lua-upstream-nginx-module-$LUA_UPSTREAM_VERSION" || exit 1 \
  && make || exit 1 \
  && make install || exit 1

Now, when I am trying to compile it, here is the error I am getting:

checking for gcc -pipe switch ... found
checking for -Wl,-E switch ... not found
checking for gcc builtin atomic operations ... not found
checking for C99 variadic macros ... not found
checking for gcc variadic macros ... not found
checking for gcc builtin 64 bit byteswap ... not found
checking for unistd.h ... found
checking for inttypes.h ... found
checking for limits.h ... found
checking for sys/filio.h ... not found
checking for sys/param.h ... found
checking for sys/mount.h ... found
checking for sys/statvfs.h ... found
checking for crypt.h ... found
checking for Linux specific features
checking for epoll ... not found
checking for O_PATH ... not found
checking for sendfile() ... not found
checking for sendfile64() ... not found
checking for sys/prctl.h ... found
checking for prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE) ... not found
checking for sched_setaffinity() ... not found
checking for crypt_r() ... not found
checking for sys/vfs.h ... found
checking for nobody group ... not found
checking for nogroup group ... found
checking for poll() ... not found
checking for /dev/poll ... not found
checking for kqueue ... not found
checking for crypt() ... not found
checking for crypt() in libcrypt ... not found
checking for F_READAHEAD ... not found
checking for posix_fadvise() ... not found
checking for O_DIRECT ... not found
checking for F_NOCACHE ... not found
checking for directio() ... not found
checking for statfs() ... not found
checking for statvfs() ... not found
checking for dlopen() ... not found
checking for dlopen() in libdl ... not found
checking for sched_yield() ... not found
checking for sched_yield() in librt ... not found
checking for SO_SETFIB ... not found
checking for SO_REUSEPORT ... not found
checking for SO_ACCEPTFILTER ... not found
checking for SO_BINDANY ... not found
checking for IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT ... not found
checking for IP_TRANSPARENT ... not found
checking for IP_BINDANY ... not found
checking for IP_RECVDSTADDR ... not found
checking for IP_PKTINFO ... not found
checking for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO ... not found
checking for TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT ... not found
checking for TCP_KEEPIDLE ... not found
checking for TCP_FASTOPEN ... not found
checking for TCP_INFO ... not found
checking for accept4() ... not found
checking for kqueue AIO support ... not found
checking for Linux AIO support ... not found
checking for Linux AIO support (SYS_eventfd) ... not found

./configure: no supported file AIO was found
Currently file AIO is supported on FreeBSD 4.3+ and Linux 2.6.22+ only

Now, when I remove the -with-cc-opt line, I don't get this error and it find the AIO. I am installing libaio1 and libaio-dev, so the libraries are there, still I am getting this error. Can you please help me figure it out. TIA.

Answer 1

In order to resolve the no supported file AIO was found error, you need to run;

# use apt where apt-get is not available or applicable
sudo apt-get install libaio

Answer 2

AIO support needs the header linux/aio_abi.h, which is contained in the linux-headers package.