Libmemcached make error

Question

I am having a problem with the make command for libmemcached, it throws up all these errors near the end of the command

CXX    example/memcached_light.o
example/memcached_light.cc:40:19: error: event.h: No such file or directory
  CXX    example/storage.o
  CXX    util/daemon.o
example/memcached_light.cc:62: error: field 'event' has incomplete type
example/memcached_light.cc: In function 'void drive_client(memcached_socket_t, short int, void*)':
example/memcached_light.cc:130: error: 'EV_WRITE' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:135: error: 'EV_READ' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:138: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:138: error: 'event_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:139: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:139: error: 'event_base_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:141: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:141: error: 'event_add' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc: In function 'void accept_handler(memcached_socket_t, short int, void*)':
example/memcached_light.cc:187: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:187: error: 'EV_READ' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:187: error: 'event_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:188: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:188: error: 'event_base_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:189: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:189: error: 'event_add' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc: In function 'int main(int, char**)':
example/memcached_light.cc:596: error: 'event_init' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:608: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:608: error: 'EV_READ' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:608: error: 'EV_PERSIST' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:608: error: 'event_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:610: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:610: error: 'event_base_set' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:611: error: 'struct connection' has no member named 'event'
example/memcached_light.cc:611: error: 'event_add' was not declared in this scope
example/memcached_light.cc:629: error: 'event_base_loop' was not declared in this scope
make[1]: *** [example/memcached_light.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/hiphop/libmemcached-1.0.13'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I'm trying to install phphiphop on debian squeeze 64bit as per these instructions I found. I'm using a newer version than the instructions but the same happens with the old version aswell, and phphiphop says it supports 0.39+. Any help would be great, thanks.

Answer 1

Looks like libevent and its event.h isn't available on the machine. Try

apt-get install libevent-dev