Re: Compiling nmap on Red Hat

[stripes <stripes () tigerlair com>]

Did you try to use yum to get the gcc-c++ or compat-gcc-34-c++ (34 represents the version, not sure what the latest one 
is) or compat-libstdc++?

-Anne

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:44:22PM -0600, Francois Lachance wrote:
> Alright, so I decided to try Rob's suggestion and install binaries.
>  Wouldn't you know it, that doesn't work either.  Missing dependency...
>
> [francois@cerberus Downloads]$ sudo rpm -vhU
> http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.00-1.i386.rpm
> Retrieving http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.00-1.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libsvn_client-1.so.0 is needed by nmap-6.00-1.i386
>
> Why do we have a dependency on the SVN client in nmap?
>
> By the way, I also tried to do the install of gcc and got the following:
>
> [francois@cerberus Downloads]$ sudo yum install gcc
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
> Setting up Install Process
> Package gcc-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do
>
> So it looks like I have all of gcc already installed.  Any Red Hat expert
> out there that can give me a clue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Francois
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Rob Nicholls <robert () robnicholls co uk>wrote:
>
> > I went for a Desktop installation of Centos 6.2 (effectively a rebranded
> > RHEL) the other day, then added some additional packages for development,
> > clients etc. and I was able to compile Nmap okay (equally, I've never had
> > trouble with building Nmap on Fedora in the past).
> >
> > A "yum install gcc" might progress things slightly for you, as IIRC g++ is
> > part of gcc. You probably need to install several other client and
> > development packages to get other parts of the Nmap project (e.g. Python)
> > to work though.
> >
> > Basically, you should be able to compile Nmap on Red Hat, you just need to
> > make sure you have all the development packages you need if you want to
> > compile anything (including other tools) on your host. An alternative might
> > be to install a binary version if you just want the latest stable version
> > of Nmap (and aren't compiling from SVN): http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.**
> > 00-1.i386.rpm <http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.00-1.i386.rpm> (I haven't
> > tried this myself).
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > On 13.06.2012 16:56, stripes wrote:
> >
> > > At this point, Google is your friend :)
> > >
> > > It looks like you might need the install media, but not being a RHEL
> > > person myself, this is as far as I can go. However, it looks like
> > > you're not alone in this problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > https://www.linuxquestions.**org/questions/linux-newbie-8/**
> > > cant-install-g-on-new-red-hat-**700670/<https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/cant-install-g-on-new-red-hat-700670/>
> > >
> > > -Anne
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 09:48:50AM -0600, Francois Lachance wrote:
> > >
> > > >   I'm  pretty much a noob at Red Hat and much prefer Debian (and I'm not
> > > >   that great at Debian either).  In any case:
> > > >
> > > >   [francois@cerberus nmap-6.00]$ sudo find / -name g++ -print
> > > >   [francois@cerberus nmap-6.00]$ sudo yum search g++
> > > >   Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
> > > >   Warning: No matches found for: g++
> > > >   No Matches found
> > > >   So  it  appears that I do not have an executable named g++ anywhere on
> > > >   my system and searching for g++ in yum returns nothing.
> > > >   Surely someone else has tried to compile nmap on Red Hat before...
> > > >   Thanks,
> > > >   Francois
> > > >   On  Wed,  Jun  13, 2012 at 9:29 AM, stripes <[1]stripes () tigerlair com>
> > > >   wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 09:16:59AM -0600, Francois Lachance wrote:
> > > >   >  I  am  trying  to compile nmap 6.0 (fresh download of source) and I
> > > >   seem to be
> > > >   > missing something on my system.
> > > >   >
> > > >   > The error message is:
> > > >
> > > >   > /bin/sh: g++: command not found
> > > >
> > > >     Looks  like  you  need  g++  installed, or if it is, put it in your
> > > >     path.
> > > >
> > > >   > make: *** [makefile.dep] Error 127
> > > >   > [francois@cerberus nmap-6.00]$ gmake
> > > >
> > > >   > gmake[1]: g++: Command not found
> > > >
> > > >   >  As  you  can  see,  I did not have make available, so I tried gmake
> > > >   instead.
> > > >   >   That seemed to work until it tried to use g++, which appears to be
> > > >   missing
> > > >   > on my system.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install
> > > >   g++.
> > > >
> > > >     There  should be an RPM you can install. If you have yum installed,
> > > >     you could do yum search g++.
> > > >
> > > >   >  Anyone ever ran into this?  I have not found any postings with this
> > > >   problem
> > > >   > in this list and Google is less than helpful.
> > > >
> > > >     Let us know if that helps.
> > > >     -Anne
> > > >     --
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> > > >
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