Re: SCO libpcap

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

sufei7099 wrote:
> I add the #incude<sys/types.h> in file.h,

I.e., you changed /usr/include/sys/file.h to include <sys/types.h>?

Does /usr/include/sys/param.h include <sys/types.h> on your system?

> then i make successfully. After i run make install, the result is :
>
> # make install

                ...

>         rm -f /usr/local/include/pcap-bpf.h
>         rm -f /usr/local/include/pcap.h
>         rm -f /usr/local/include/pcap-namedb.h
>         cp pcap.h /usr/local/include
>         cp pcap-bpf.h /usr/local/include
>         cp pcap-namedb.h /usr/local/include

        ...

> It meana i install the libpcap successfully. right?

Yes.

> But when I run ./configure in snort directory, the result is :

        ...

> checking for pcap_datalink in -lpcap... no
> checking pfring.h usability... no
> checking pfring.h presence... no
> checking for pfring.h... no
> checking for pfring_open in -lpfring... no
> checking for pfring_open in -lpcap... no
>
>    ERROR!  Libpcap library/headers (libpcap.a (or .so)/pcap.h)
>    not found, go get it from http://www.tcpdump.org
>    or use the --with-libpcap-* options, if you have it installed
>    in unusual place.  Also check if your libpcap depends on another
>    shared library that may be installed in an unusual place

Presumably snort wrote out a config.log file; what are the contents of 
that file?
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