[Oisf-users] suricata configure/compilation fails with --enable-pf_ring option

[Victor Julien]

On 05-07-16 17:59, Tapas Sarangi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following configure fails, while the same without the —enable-pf_ring
> option works fine. I am using suricata-3.0.1.  All the dependency
> libraries are available and have appropriate symbols. Thanks for any help.

Please try 3.1 or 3.0.2 instead. This should have been fixed in those
releases.

Cheers,
Victor



> configure --enable-gccprotect --enable-pie --disable-gccmarch-native
> --disable-coccinelle --enable-nfqueue --enable-af-packet
> *--enable-pfring* --with-libnspr-libraries=/usr/lib64
> --with-libnspr-includes=/usr/include/nspr4
> --with-libnss-includes=/usr/include/nss3 --enable-jansson --enable-geoip
> --enable-lua
> 
> 
> 
> # Configure/Compilation Error:
> ….
> ….
> 
> checking cap-ng.h usability... yes
> 
> checking cap-ng.h presence... yes
> 
> checking for cap-ng.h... yes
> 
> checking for capng_clear in -lcap-ng... no
> 
> 
>    WARNING!  libcap-ng library not found, go get it
> 
>    from http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/
> 
>    or your distribution:
> 
> 
>    Ubuntu: apt-get install libcap-ng-dev
> 
>    Fedora: yum install libcap-ng-devel
> 
> 
>    Suricata will be built without support for dropping privs.
> 
> 
> checking for libnspr... yes
> 
> checking nspr.h usability... yes
> 
> checking nspr.h presence... yes
> 
> checking for nspr.h... yes
> 
> checking for PR_GetCurrentThread in -lnspr4... no
> 
> 
>    ERROR!  libnspr library not found, go get it
> 
>    from Mozilla or your distribution:
> 
> 
>    Ubuntu: apt-get install libnspr4-dev
> 
>    Fedora: yum install nspr-devel
> 
> 
> …..
> …..
> …..
> 
> # Check for PR_GetCurrentThread
> 
> ]# nm -D /usr/lib64/libnspr4.so | grep PR_GetCurrentThread
> 
> 0000000000028f10 T PR_GetCurrentThread
> 
> 
> # Check for capng_clear
> 
> ]# nm -D /usr/lib64/libcap-ng.so | grep clear
> 
> 0000000000002960 T capng_clear
> 
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