Installation from rpm package

  • Required files and applications:
    1. daq-0.6.1-1.i386.rpm (http://www.snort.org)
    2. libdnet-1.12.tgz (libdnet-1.12.tgz)
    3. snort-2.9.1-1.i386.rpm (snort-2.9.1-1.i386.rpm)
  • Installation process:
    1. Go to directory where you have saved all of files and applications from the list above 'cd /path/to/directory/' (for the purposes of this document we will use name 'home/').
    2. Install daq from CLI typing 'rpm -i name_of_package.rpm'
    3. Extract libdnet-1.12.tgz, you can do that by typing in CLI 'tar zxvf name_of_archive.tgz' next go to libdnet directory 'cd libdnet-1.12' and install it by typing './configure && make && make install'
    4. From the '/home' directory install snort using the command 'rpm -i package_name.rpm'