install problems ./configure...... :(

[confidentbeginner]

First of all, sorry I'm a n00b.

Secondly, thanks for the help.

I'm brand new to linux, and am using freespire, but I have managed to configure my dual boot config from one hard drive, and enable the root account....(with a heavy pass, and only for the installation of files)


I'm trying to install snort. I downloaded the files, and decompressed them, I get into the "Root shell" and follow the instructions for the install.....

I located the snort file..

root# cd snort
root# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
........ a bunch of lines later........
checking for pfring.h... no
checking for pfring_open in -lpfring... no
checking for pfring_open in -lpcap... no

ERROR! Libpcap library/headers (libpcap.a (or .so)/pcap.h)
not found, go get it from http://www.tcpdump.org TCPDUMP public repository
or use the --with-libpcap-* options, if you have it installed
in unusual place. Also check if your libpcap depends on another
shared library that may be installed in an unusual place

I tried looking for solutions, and am not finding them....
from>ERROR! Libpcap library/headers not found, Help installing SNORT on CentOS - Snort Forums Archive
ERROR! Libpcap library/headers not found, Help installing SNORT on CentOS - Snort Forums Archive[/url]

I Tried this:
wget http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos...4-8.1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libpcap-devel-0.9.4-8.1.i386.rpm

Results:
warning: libpcap-devel-0.9.4-8.1.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
error: Failed dependencies:
libpcap = 14:0.9.4-8.1 is needed by libpcap-devel-0.9.4-8.1.i386
libpcap.so.0.9.4 is needed by libpcap-devel-0.9.4-8.1.i386

I'm kind of at a loss, and I'm guessing that i'm totally off, but it seems that I need some libraries that I don't have. hahah, Thanks again for your help.

-confidentbeginner

[ganeshlinux]

Before installing the libpcap-devel-0.9.4-8.1.i386.rpm you have to install the
libpcap-0.9.4-8.1.i386.rpm.....

[Dapper Dan]

Why and how are you using .rpm's on a Debian based distro? Does *spire have that capability??

[Tsarevich]

Sorry newbie, *spire is a derivative of Ubuntu and is capable of .deb(ian)s and not .rpm (RedHat Package Manager)s. You can get the software from a Linspire repository. You must look into it by googling it up. I am sorry, haven't used any debian based distro and cannot help you.