Doug, I appreciate the offer of help but I ended up installing it from the gzipped tar files and everything is working now. Thanks again, Cleve
> > From: Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/03/04 Thu AM 08:19:43 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] question about installing stuff > > > --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Doug Riddle wrote: > > > > >--- chchallisonox.net wrote: > > > > > > > > >>I'm attempting to install FlFlowScann a DeDebianox > > >>at work. > > >>I am creating a "user" that will run the software. > > >>Should I install everything as root then give my > > >>flflowscanser the rights to the relevant > > >>directories? > > >>Should I login as the flflowscanser and just > > "susuto > > >>do the installation? Opinions? > > >>TIA, > > >>Cleve > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Hey Cleve, > > > > > >I am one of the few DeDebiansers on the list. A > > few > > >quick questions: What distribution/release are you > > >using? Do you have a deb for the install? What > > level > > >rights does it need to operate? It is a network > > >monitoring tool, I know, but that is about all I > > know > > >about it. > > > > > >If you do not have a deb, I would create one with > > >Alien. You could use the tarball, or gzgzbut > > making a > > >deb with Alien and using apt-get is the way to go. > > >Installing it that way gives you the option of > > using > > >it with any user, which can come in real handy. If > > >your flflowscanser gets hosed, why reinstall all > > the > > >software. > > > > > >I use LiLibranetwhich is a commercial blend of Sid > > and > > >stable. It has a few nice widgets that help with > > >installs such as the yours. > > > > > >Write me any time. If I don't know the answer, I > > know > > >someone that does. > > > > > >__________________________________ > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster > > >http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >General mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > Doug, > > Actually, I used the knoppix-installer to lay down a > > harddrive image of > > the knoppix 3.3 live-cd......like Libranet it is a > > mixture. Then I did > > an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. > > I can actually do an apt-get install flowscan to > > install the package but > > I've been downloading all the .tar.gz files and > > doing the whole > > ./configure, make, make install thing. flowscan uses > > a patched version > > of cflowd which in turn uses arts++ > > Flowscan is like MRTG on steroids, and it also uses > > rrdtools to make > > graphs, etc...........rather than simply showing the > > volume of traffic > > going in and out of the various interfaces of a > > device via snmp mib > > info, flowscan uses the Cisco NetFlow info along > > with snmp, etc to > > provide a more detailed graph of traffic by > > protocol, service, etc > > Very useful, but so far its been daunting to install > > and > > configure.......the documentation is not for the > > newbie and this is the > > first real enterprise level production deployment of > > a linux based > > application that I am working on. I've been local > > support for linux > > boxes/products before but these were vendor > > products. > > Last night I wiped everything clean and started > > fresh..........first > > thing I noticed was that arts++ didn't make > > correctly.....Knoppix has > > GNU Make 3.8.0 and I think there is an issue with > > the arts++ software > > not having flex headers or .hh or > > somethingorother.....if that makes any > > sense. Today I am going to try an older version of > > arts++.....and there > > is also a reference by the author of flowscan that > > he had to edit some > > file to include a directory where his flex headers > > were actually > > located???? > > Does this sound like a lesson in futility? I'm > > definitely over my head > > with this but I have to admit that I am slowly, > > painfully learning a lot. > > cleve > > > Please ignore previous blank message. > > Knoppix is very much like like Libranet, only without > English speaking support. Have you you checked the > /etc directory for the headers? Can you send me the > install script? Let's try and see where that puppy is > being penned-up. > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > Infinity. It would seem to imply that there must be an equal number of even > and odd numbers. If you can add one to any number, and create another > number, then there has to be an equal number of each, in every direction. > However, there is one, and only one even prime number. The number 2, the > third number in the Fibonacci series, which is an odd number. Aha - > conspiracy! If the only Even Prime is even, then there are more even numbers > than odd! They tried to cover it by making it the third Fibonacci number! > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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