Re: installation or configuration problem

[twig les <twigles () yahoo com>]

I had that problem on Slowaris because /usr/local
isn't in the PATH by default.  Type "echo $PATH" and
make sure that gcc is somewhere where the system will
find it.

--- John Sage <jsage () finchhaven com> wrote:
> Chuck:
>
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:48:39PM -0400, Chuck
> Seiders wrote:
> > I'm just getting introduced to snort and ...
> >
> > I was trying to follow these instructions:
http://www.securityhorizon.com/whitepapers/archives/snort.html
> > I had to install several packages to get this far
> > but it still fails...  :-(  ... what am I missing
> ?
>
> Just a thought or two that may not be much real
> help:
>
> this is a symptom of why "packages" (be they deb's
> or rpm's..) always
> make me a little uneasy, and why I like the good
> 'ol:
>
> tar -xzvf
> ./configure
> make
> make install
>
> routine. With packages, you get someone's
> assumptions about where
> everything is going to be, and what versions are
> necessary, and etc
> etc etc...
>
> And that goes backwards for the installation of
> other supporting
> utilities on a given system.
>
> > These seem to indicate problems:
> > "make sets ${MAKE}... no"
> > "makeinfo... missing"
>
> Here's what I get on RHL 7.2:
>
> [toot@sparky /]# find / -name makeinfo -print
> /usr/bin/makeinfo
>
> > "the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no"
>
> I'm not surprised.
>
> When you installed the system to begin with, did you
> install all
> development-related packages?
>
> Solution? I dunno.. some tinkering that I'm
> surprised you need to
> fiddle with..
>
>
> - John
> -- 
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