Re: Errors installing SNORT 2.9 to SuSE Linux 12.2 - rpm or tar.gz

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

Can you copy and paste the commands you are typing and the errors you are getting?

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On Mar 22, 2013, at 5:35 PM, "Kurt Jensen CISSP" <kjensencissp () gmail com> wrote:

> Hello Group,
>  
> I have been attempting to install the latest rpm OR .tar.gz of SNORT to my fairly plain test instance of SuSE 12.2 I 
> use for student work and testing of what I know, other tools etc.  The system is an i386 32bit Toshiba laptop booting 
> directly into SuSE 12.2, and the trouble is with Snort installation.
>  
> Here is what is happening that I could definitely use help with:
>  
> While in the case of the .tar.gz version the “configure phase” worked fine once I had all the pre-install required 
> dependency connected libraries and packages, and finished as far as I can tell w/o errors.  Yet when I try to run 
> make it refers to a number of directories it enters and exits with an error saying for example “there is nothing to 
> do for all” and then “make[5] there is no rule to build” etc.  I have been researching this a lot and come up with no 
> direct answers.  My GUESS is it is looking for a rule package but I have not been able to find a free one yet to 
> download if that is the problem. I am a student on this and do not wish to buy any rules, I can just use the most 
> basic ones out there as I get started and was surprised to find it seems none are included to start out with and 
> finish an install?
>  
> “rpm” method:  When I downloaded and tried installing the rpm version instead using SuSE YaST software 
> manager/install tool (GUI) the process begins but always errors out saying it failed/cannot complete with the error 
> “nothing provides libcrypto.so.10” but my SUSE install has SSH and several GNU and/or other crypto libraries I just 
> added (with source/development libraries) yet none of these work?
>  
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated and what am I missing?
>  
> Lars Jensen
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