[Oisf-users] Need help for errors in Suricata installation.

Peter Manev petermanev at gmail.com
Sat Apr 19 14:09:30 UTC 2014



> On 19 apr 2014, at 09:47, Parry Gowher <gowher.facebook at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> i'm installing Suricata on Windows 7 64-bit platform. i installed the Cygwin successfully, but am facing some problems in installing Suricata, while running the command:
>  libtoolize -c && autoreconf -fv --install && ./configure --enable-debug --enable-profiling && make
> The errors and warings, i get are (in the order they appear):
> 1. checking for spatch... no
>    Warning! spatch not found, you will not be able to run code checking with  coccinelle get it from http://coccinelle.lip6.fr or install from your distribution.
> 
> 2. checking winsock2.h usability... no
>     checking winsock2.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: winsock2.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: winsock2.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: winsock2.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> configure: WARNING: winsock2.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
> configure: WARNING: winsock2.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
> checking for winsock2.h... no
> 
> 3. checking ws2tcpip.h usability... no
>     checking ws2tcpip.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: ws2tcpip.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: ws2tcpip.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: ws2tcpip.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> configure: WARNING: ws2tcpip.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
> configure: WARNING: ws2tcpip.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
> 
> 4. checking for libnet.h version 1.1.x...
> *************************************************************************
>    Warning! libnet version 1.1.x could not be found in  /usr/include /usr/local/include /u             sr/local/include/libnet11 /opt/local/include
>    Reject keywords will not be supported.
>    If you require reject support plese install libnet 1.1.x.
>    If libnet is not installed in a non-standard location please use the
>    --with-libnet-includes and --with-libnet-libraries configure options
> *************************************************************************
> 5. checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... no
> 
>    ERROR!  libpcap library not found, go get it
>    from http://www.tcpdump.org.
> Please provide any guidance as to how i can overcome these issues?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> 
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Hi,
I am not sure if you have seen it -
there is a general windows guide here:
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/attachments/download/758/HOW_TO_Windows.pdf

Some packages needed might have a different name.
The guide will be updated in a few weeks :)

Thanks 
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