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Asked: 2017-04-08 10:44:42 +0800 CST

Compile snort 2.9.8.2 : ERROR! dnet header not found

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I'm compiling Snort 2.9.8.2 on Ubuntu 16.04. When i run ./configure following error is shown:

   ERROR!  dnet header not found, go get it from
   http://code.google.com/p/libdnet/ or use the --with-dnet-*
   options, if you have it installed in an unusual place

Installing libdnet-dev wasn't solve the problem. Is there this header file in official repository of Ubuntu?

16.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    My SNORT installation problem was resolved by installing libdumbnet-dev:

    apt-get install libdumbnet-dev

    (source)

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  2. dnet.h is in the linux headers, so install the build-essential package. you can use apt-file search dnet.h to find the packages for files.

    My error, just install the headers directly packages linux-headers and linux-headers-generic. Those should get the headers for any kernel you install.

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