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-i have a problem installing portsentry. i downloaded the lates version of portsentry from sourceforge in linux desktop.
-i went to the terminal window and extract portsentry. once extracted i went to the portsentry folder and type make then a message appear to install i should use "make install". once i type make install it copies the files to its directory but an error showed saying that "./portsentry no such file or directory. where could that be?
SBN prefer to download stuff from your distrubution's repositires , via synaptic , kpackage or other appropriate programme so you may save yourself from dependencies problem as well... moreover it is advisible to choose a programme that is being maintained so i strongly suggest you to download either portsentry or similar product from repository
what repository aka repo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management
hope it helps
SBN prefer to download stuff from your distrubution's repositires , via synaptic , kpackage or other appropriate programme so you may save yourself from dependencies problem as well... moreover it is advisible to choose a programme that is being maintained so i strongly suggest you to download either portsentry or similar product from repository
what repository aka repo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management
hope it helps
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