Error Installing Firestarter on Slackware Linux @ ./configure
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Error Installing Firestarter on Slackware Linux @ ./configure
Today is my first day using Linux so there is probably a really simple answer to this question.
I'm trying to install the Firestarter firewall running Slackware Linux & KDE. I downloaded the tarball to my home directory and untarred it by typing "tar zxf firestarter-1.0.3". I then did "cd firestarter-1.0.3" and finally "./configure --sysconfdir=/etc" where I got my error (I also got the error without --sysconfdir=/etc").
It ran through its long list of checks until it got to this:
"./configure: line 20084: gconftool-2: command not found
Using config source for schema installation
Using $(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas as install directory for schema files
checking for gconftool-2... no
configure: error: gconftool-2 executable not found in your path - should be installed with GConf2"
I haven't installed anything in Slackware yet: I did a full install on an empty partition. I'm running the KDE desktop yet it is asking me for a GNOME program. Is there any way around this?
I have tried installing gconftool-2, but got an error with it's installation.
I've tried installing it with and without KDE running.
I've tried installing using my root account.
Never mind my previous question. I've figured it out. Gconf2 is a dependency for FireStarter which has another dependency of something else I cannot remember. Furthermore, it sounds like FireStarter is not a firewall, but only a GUI to control iptables.
I love Linux. Fooling around and trying to get it to work is the most fun I've ever had with a computer.
If you haven't found firewall to use,Guarddog is firewall for KDE.
Considering distro that you use you might wanna have a look here and for some help and screenshots you can download pdf file located here.
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I love Linux. Fooling around and trying to get it to work is the most fun I've ever had with a computer.
I hope you'll have fun in the future too.If something goes wrong,don't give up,just study.
Never mind my previous question. I've figured it out. Gconf2 is a dependency for FireStarter which has another dependency of something else I cannot remember. Furthermore, it sounds like FireStarter is not a firewall, but only a GUI to control iptables.
Yup, and iptables isn't a firewall either, just a way to configure netfilter (the actual firewall a part of the kernel).
Code:
┌──────────── Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ─────────────┐
│ CONFIG_NETFILTER: │
│ │
│ Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets │
│ that pass through your Linux box. │
│ │
│ The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as │
│ a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of │
│ firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet │
│ filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets │
│ based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall, │
I've got it all setup now. Thanks for y'alls help.
I downloaded & installed KMyFirewall & GuardDog. I ended up using GuardDog and am quite pleased with it. ShieldsUp! said my computer was better protected than my old Vista computer with it's fancy commercial firewall.
I do have one slight issue with GuardDog though. I have the ping box unchecked so I should just be block pings. When I get a ping my computer should just ignore it. However, it is still responding to them. The only things I have active are IRC, XMPP (Jabber), HTTP, HTTPS, and DNS. Any ideas?
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