[abhijit_mohanta]

I am a newbie in linux.I m using redhat linux v3.I want to install nemesis from source code.when I extract the source code run./configure it shows ERROR
libnet library not found.

I have installed libnet packge.


I used the command
root #] whreris libnet and found it in /usr/include/libnet.h
/usr/lib/libnet.a /usr/include/libnet

root#] ./configure --with-libnet=/usr/include/libnet
root#]./configure --with-libnet=/usr/include/libnet.h
root#]./configure --with-libnet=/usr/lib/libnet.a

but still it shows up the sam error message
please help

[digvijay.gahlot]

does
# rpm -q libnet
gives a positive response.
and give detail of the error messages you receive

[abhijit_mohanta]

yes installed the rpm and rpm -q libnet gives a positive response and shows libnet version.I have also installed libnet using its source code
this is what i have done
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[root@localhost nemesis-1.4]# rpm -q libnet
libnet-1.1.2.1-1.1
[root@localhost nemesis-1.4]# whereis libnet
libnet: /usr/lib/libnet.a /usr/include/libnet /usr/include/libnet.h /usr/man/man3/libnet.3
[root@localhost nemesis-1.4]# rpm -q libnet
libnet-1.1.2.1-1.1
[root@localhost nemesis-1.4]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for fabs in -lm... yes
checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl... yes
checking for socket in -lsocket... no
checking for hstrerror in -lresolv... yes
checking for libnet_build_ip in -lnet... no

ERROR! Libnet library not found, go get it from
url=http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/libnet/
or use the --with-libnet-* options, if you have it installed
in unusual place
[root@localhost nemesis-1.4]#

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and sorry to ask a silly question if i created a post how can icreate another post i am not finding create new post in the thread tools