lex is insufficient to compile libpcap

Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by BruceWilkinson, Dec 18, 2006.

  1. BruceWilkinson

    BruceWilkinson New Member

    I'm working through Intrusion Detection With BASE And Snort tutorial (http://www.howtoforge.com/intrusion_detection_base_snort_p3) on Ubuntu. I ran into a problem at make/install LIBPCAP (page 3). When I execute ./configure, I get the following error:

    configure: error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile
    libpcap. flex is a lex replacement that has many advantages, including
    being able to compile libpcap. For more information, see
    http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/flex.html.

    I'm familiar with Linux and Ubuntu, but not knowlegeable enough to know how to resolve this problem.

    Can anyone help?

    Bruce
     
    BruceWilkinson, Dec 18, 2006
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  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Please run:

    apt-get install flex

    to install the latest flex version.
     
    till, Dec 19, 2006
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  3. BruceWilkinson

    BruceWilkinson New Member

    Thanks Till, that did the trick.
     
    BruceWilkinson, Dec 21, 2006
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