On Sunday 2009-12-13 01:16, Balaji Venkatamohan wrote: >Hi, I am trying to install a new xtables match extension. Its a simple one >which I am coding for my understanding. > >************************************************************************** >"checking for libxtables... configure: error: Package requirements >(xtables >= 1.4.3) were not met: >************************************************************************* >I know that my system does not have xtables.h in the /usr/include folder. Directory. >I also tried to download xtables.h from the internet. Well that will not fix it. The book does states that iptables(-devel) 1.4.3 is needed beforehand. It does not say -devel, but the prerequisite (also mentioned in the book) is knowledge of C programming and your own system. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html