On 10/10/2011 01:12 PM, Joao Daniel wrote: > Folks, > > I'm trying to install Snort. So, the first step is update libpcap. Look > what I have done. > 1) > > yum erase libpcap (to unistall old libpcap) > tar -zxfv libpcap > cd libpcap > ./configure --libdir=/lib/ --bindir=/bin/ > make > make install > > 2) > > yum install ./daq.rpm > > At this point I got a messagen telling that libpcap is not installed!!! > > What is happening ? Did I made a mistake? Better: Why yum cant realize > that lipcap is already installed ? We need to know what you're trying to install this on (F14, F15, 32-bit, 64-bit, etc.). Snort wants libpcap in /usr/lib or /usr/lib64, not /lib. You should have just done a "yum install libpcap-devel" to get libpcap. There's no need to install from a tarball--libpcap has been in Fedora's repos for a LONG time. Yeah, I know. "NOW you tell me!" :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - UNIX is actually quite user friendly. The problem is that it's - - just very picky of who its friends are! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
