trying to install firestarter firewall

[LeeBuckley]

I have been trying to install firestarter firewall and I am stuck on a similar problem to the one you guys solved for me earlier.

debian:/home/lee/Desktop/Downloads/firestarter-1.0.3# ./configure
checking for intltool >= 0.30... 0.31.2 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool

Could anyone shed any light on this for me.

Thanks

[iwanabeguru]

firestarter is only a frontend fotr iptables and why you want install it from source when debian has a package for it. Install firestarter with apt.

aptitude install firestarter
or
apt-get install firestarter

[LeeBuckley]

.....sorry, I am very new to this and it is an extreme learning curve.

I am struggling with reduced internet performance and my fear is the reasources and being used as my computer is currently unprotected.

What would you suggest as a good firewall, where would you get it from and how easy is it to install, configure and operate.

Thanks

[netstrider]

.....sorry, I am very new to this and it is an extreme learning curve.

I am struggling with reduced internet performance and my fear is the reasources and being used as my computer is currently unprotected.

What would you suggest as a good firewall, where would you get it from and how easy is it to install, configure and operate.

Thanks

Firstly, don't worry about your "unprotected" computer, Linux is not nearly as vulnerable as any M$ OS even if it has no firewall installed/enabled. What you need to compile firestarter is a package called libxml-parser-perl. You can get that with apt-get install libxml-parser-perl or similarly as stated above, apt-get install firestarter.

Good luck

[LeeBuckley]

installed and running!!

Thanks.