error while connecting snort to mysql

["kamblesantosh" <kamblesantosh () indiatimes com>]

Hello sir,


  I am a new user to linux platform. But now I have some knowledge of it.


I am using snort-1.8.7.tar version of snort


and  mysql-3.23*.tar 


I have created database(name=snort) for snort in mysql as given command (in contrib folder of snort) 


I have set option in snort.conf file also 


PROBLEM:


when I try to run snort with -c snort.conf (here in this file database alert options set)


I get following error.


database: mysql suport is not compiled in this copy



Please help me the solve this problem as early as possible



Santosh A. Kamble
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