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sniper8752 05-03-2013 09:23 AM
install snort
 
I am installing snort, and it said I needed to have Bison and Flex installed. So I installed them both, but I keep on getting this message:

Code:
checking for capable lex... insufficient
configure: error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile
        libsfbpf. You should install both bison and flex.
        flex is a lex replacement that has many advantages,
        including being able to compile libsfbpf.  For more
        information, see http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/flex.html .
This happens when I type in this command:

./configure && make install

I do a man on flex, it shows up. Could it be the configuration that is not set up properly?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.

John VV 05-03-2013 03:47 PM
to build the software from source you NEED the development files and not just the libs
install the -dev 's for bison and flex

sniper8752 05-03-2013 04:46 PM
How do I do that?

John VV 05-03-2013 05:57 PM
the same way you installed bison and flex !!!
Code:
apt-get install flex-dev


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