[Oisf-users] Suricata from GIT with PF_RING on Ubuntu 12 LTS query

[Peter Bates]

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Hello all

Time for all to tell me to RTFM but I've mostly been following
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/Installation_from_GIT_with_PF_RING_on_Ubuntu_server_1104
- - on a test system running Ubuntu 12 LTS, 64-bit.

Building PF_RING, fine.

When I get to building Suricata, the instructions do state:

git clone git://phalanx.openinfosecfoundation.org/oisf.git
cd oisf
sudo ./autogen.sh
sudo ./configure --enable-pfring && make && make install

Being a shy retiring type I omitted sudo for autogen.sh and configure,
and am then greeted with:

checking for pfring_open in -lpfring... no

   ERROR! --enable-pfring was passed but the library was not found or
version is >4, go get it
   from http://www.ntop.org/PF_RING.html

Can anyone explain why the configure (and subsequently the make)
requires sudo/elevating to root?

Thanks.

- -- 
Peter Bates
Senior Computer Security Officer    Phone: +44(0)2076792049
Information Services Division	    Internal Ext: 32049
University College London
London WC1E 6BT
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