Install error

[cheyenne1212]

I've just recently installed Mandrake 9.1 on my box and am trying ot install snort but run into this problem.

[matt@localhost snort-2.0.1]$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
[matt@localhost snort-2.0.1]$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[matt@localhost snort-2.0.1]$ make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.

any Ideas.?

btw: as you can probably see I'm pretty new to linux.

[BoZaK]

yeh im pretty new to the linux OS myself and this is only a guess but i think you may have to update/install a C complier. you can get one (GCC 3.3) with the latest "Linux Format" magazine. like i said though, iv only been using linux 4 a couple of days so i cant guarantee that this is the right soloution to your problem.

yeh im pretty new to the linux OS myself and this is only a guess but i think you may have to update/install a C complier. you can get one (GCC 3.3) with the latest "Linux Format" magazine. like i said though, iv only been using linux 4 a couple of days so i cant guarantee that this is the right soloution to your problem.

[phishphreek]

I've never used mandrake 9.1 but I'm assuming its very similar to RH8&9. (I'm installing Mandrake 9.1 tonight... so I'll be able to help more then if this doesn't work)

Do a

#whereis gcc

that should list the directory where gcc is

or...

#whereis cc

that should also list where cc is

then edit your path in

/home/user/.bashrc
(if you are logging in as root... then your home directory is /root/ )

to include the directory where the compiler is located.

[linuxcomando]

Just download the latest gcc and compile it, or even easier i belive mandrake has a setup tool to install more packages...you could just see if gcc is even installed

fyi:
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/

[cheyenne1212]

When I type in whereis gcc or whereis cc this is what I get

[root@localhost matt]# whereis gcc
gcc:
[root@localhost matt]# whereis cc
cc:
[root@localhost matt]#

I downloaded the new GCC but I can't do anything with it since I have to compile it.

[phishphreek]

cheyenne1212: By now, you know that means that it isn't installed.

Check out rpmdrake as a possible way to install cc and gcc. They should be located on the CDs that you used to install.

If you are using CLI... you can use the rpm command (I think... I haven't really used mandrake yet... except for a quick tour, but I'm installing it as we speak)...

Oh, if I'm not mistaken.. you can still install gcc without a compiler.
I think the "make" command is installed no matter what...

So, if you can't use the rpm utility... dl the tar.gz file, unzip it then untar it and then ./configure then ./make (plus options needed... read the install/readme files)

[cheyenne1212]

OK, I now have CC, and GCC on my computer. So now I want to port snort on it but when I got to configure snort is says that I need the libpcap headers. So I download libpcap and try to install them but then it tells me I need flex, and not lex. So I download Flex from ftp.gnu.org, and everytthing goes ok until I issue the make command.

root@localhost flex-2.5.4]# ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $MAKE... yes
checking for working const... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether cross-compiling... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for malloc.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating config.h
[root@localhost flex-2.5.4]# make
cp ./initscan.c scan.c
touch .bootstrap
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O ccl.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O dfa.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O ecs.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O gen.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O main.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O misc.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O nfa.c
yacc -d ./parse.y
make: yacc: Command not found
make: *** [parse.c] Error 127
[root@localhost flex-2.5.4]#

It configures it ok, but once I try the make command it stops working after a couple files. Any more Ideas?

[phishphreek]

I'm not sure if you've fixed your problem as of yet... but if you haven't... take a look at this discussion.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Oper..._20622359.html