On 2015-06-24 at 09:10:01 +0200, James Burnett <[email protected]> wrote: > To update: > > If I manually create the /usr/local/share/man/man8/ folder, it installs fine.
Thanks for the follow up. I think the problem is that our install rule doesn't create the directories and as they didn't seem to exist on your system, the install failed. I committed a fix to our git repo. Could you try deleting the directory and run make install again and see whether it works for you? Thanks Tobias > > From: James Burnett > Sent: 23 June 2015 18:40 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Installation error - netsniff-ng-0.5.9 / Debian 7.8 > > Hi team, > > I’m using Netsniff (primarily for mausezahn) in a large lab setup. I’ve > installed it successfully from source on Ubuntu 14.04 this morning, but when > trying to do the same on Debian 7.8 (wheezy), I run into the following error > when running the ‘make install’ phase. Note, I have tried this as root and > as.. not root. > > I suspect it’s the leading ` character not being understood. > > neteam@dfn-1:~/netsniff-ng-0.5.9$<mailto:neteam@dfn-1:~/netsniff-ng-0.5.9$> > sudo make install > INST netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng > INST netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng.8.gz > install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/local/share/man/man8/netsniff-ng.8.gz': No such file or directory > make: *** [netsniff-ng_do_install] Error 1 > > Apologies if this has been reported/fixed elsewhere. > > Thanks for your time, > > James Burnett > Network Engineer > GÉANT - Cambridge Office > T: +44 (0)1223 371427 > M: +44 (0) 791 45 02186 > > Networks • Services • People > Learn more at www.geant.org<http://www.geant.org/> > GEANT Limited, trading as GÉANT. Registered in England & Wales. Registration > Number 2806796. Registered Office – City House, 126-130 Hills Road, Cambridge > CB2 1PQ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "netsniff-ng" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "netsniff-ng" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
