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Re: [list-arpalert] Install questions

From: INFOS ARPALERT <info_at_arpalert.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:03:39 +0100

Hi,

the error is here:

   checking for pcap.h... no
   didn't find pcap.h

you must install the lib pcap with the headers files. The package is
names "libpcap-dev" on many distributions.

Regards
Thierry

Kevin Spinnato a écrit :
> Good Afternoon,
>
> I was looking for a product that did arp monitoring and notification
> of rogue arp addresses and found your product through a Google
> search. It looks to do exactly what I'm looking for and am excited to
> try it out.
>
> I found an English install document on the arpalert.org
> <http://arpalert.org> site and am having a bit of trouble with the
> install and was hoping you could give some guidance. I have
> downloaded and verified the MD5 for 'arpalert-2.0.11.tar.gz'. I have
> extracted the file then ran the following command, with root
> permissions, per the install instructions:
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/arpalert && make && make install
>
> I get the following output when it finishes:
>
> =======================================================
> = Check for programs
> =======================================================
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
> =======================================================
> = Check for header files
> =======================================================
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99... yes
> checking for _Bool... yes
> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
> checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
> checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
> checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes
> checking syslog.h usability... yes
> checking syslog.h presence... yes
> checking for syslog.h... yes
> checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes
> checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes
> checking for arpa/inet.h... yes
> checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
> checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> checking errno.h usability... yes
> checking errno.h presence... yes
> checking for errno.h... yes
> checking fcntl.h usability... yes
> checking fcntl.h presence... yes
> checking for fcntl.h... yes
> checking grp.h usability... yes
> checking grp.h presence... yes
> checking for grp.h... yes
> checking netinet/in.h usability... yes
> checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
> checking for netinet/in.h... yes
> checking pcap.h usability... no
> checking pcap.h presence... no
> checking for pcap.h... no
> didn't find pcap.h
> I then run the following:
> /usr/local/arpalert/sbin/arpalert -d
> and get an error:
> -bash: /usr/local/arpalert/sbin/arpalert No such file or directory
>
> I'm running the command from a terminal window, but from inside the
> GUI. I'm fairly new to Linux, so I need the GUI as a crutch from time
> to time.
>
> When I look inside the arpalert-2.0.11 folder that is on my desktop I
> see @dir_name@ directories inside of the base areaplert-2.0.11 folder
> with root privileges. I'm thinking that I have extracted the original
> tar file to the wrong place, or that I am missing a set in the install
> process.
>
> Again I'm pretty new to Linux, so this might be something really
> obvious to the veteran, but an oversight for my novice skill set.
>
> Any suggestions or directions for the install process would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Kevin

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