# Compiling on OS X Tiger **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-os-x-tiger/151077 "2008-10-16T15:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-os-x-tiger/151077/1 "2008-10-16T15:23:28Z")
Trying to compile 0.7.19 on OS X Tiger (10.4.9). Compiles fine, nginx -v returns ok, but running nginx causes the following error: [alert] 14674#0: sysctlbyname(kern.ostype) failed (2: No such file or directory) I compiled with the following: ./configure --prefix=/opt/local/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx –conf-path=/etc/nginx Any ideas why this might be failing? ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-os-x-tiger/151077/2 "2008-10-16T15:48:40Z")
Same problem for me: Tiger 10.4.11 ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-os-x-tiger/151077/3 "2008-10-27T22:47:58Z")
Anyone else to test on his OsX platform? Is it an OsX 10.4.x problem? Xcode problem? PowerPC G4 or G5 problem? 32 vs 64 bits issue? Does it mean that any Nginx version higher than 0.7.19 will no longer compile on Tiger and/or PowerPC? My exact setup is: Tiger 10.4.11 with Xcode 2.5 (gcc is 4.0.1) and PowerPC G4 1Ghz. Best regards,