ubuntu 10.4

jhooga

jhooga

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I am trying to download a file into a folder like /usr/local/bin, but when i go in to view the file after download completes its not there. Why? Or where can i download a couple files that i can reach from terminal to install them and do a couple other things to them
 
yea its similar i just changed from fedora 12 to ubuntu 10.4 because fedora kept giving me problems, I am trying to install a few things actually. SnortReport and Snort
 
jhooga said:
yea its similar i just changed from fedora 12 to ubuntu 10.4 because fedora kept giving me problems, I am trying to install a few things actually. SnortReport and Snort
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did you try using synamtec package manager in the GUI or apt from the command line?

Code: 
sudo apt-get install snort

It is best if you let the scripts install it
 
yea i have tried that cuz i remembered you telling me that last time but its saying couldnt find package snort
 
one sec let me hop on my ubuntu box...

OK, it worked for me just fine, so I am thinking either your repository is off or that the newest build of Ubuntu isn't kosher with snort at the moment. I am running Ubuntu 9.10, and here is my output:

Code: 
tlarkin@HTPC:~$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for tlarkin: 
root@HTPC:~# apt-get install snort
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libprelude2 oinkmaster snort-common snort-common-libraries
  snort-rules-default
Suggested packages:
  snort-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libprelude2 oinkmaster snort snort-common snort-common-libraries
  snort-rules-default
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 1843kB of archives.
After this operation, 9417kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe libprelude2 0.9.18.1-1ubuntu3 [494kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe snort-common-libraries 2.7.0-22ubuntu1 [246kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe snort-rules-default 2.7.0-22ubuntu1 [399kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe snort-common 2.7.0-22ubuntu1 [146kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe snort 2.7.0-22ubuntu1 [465kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe oinkmaster 2.0-2ubuntu1 [92.1kB]
Fetched 1843kB in 6s (278kB/s)                                                 
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libprelude2.
(Reading database ... 175912 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libprelude2 (from .../libprelude2_0.9.18.1-1ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package snort-common-libraries.
Unpacking snort-common-libraries (from .../snort-common-libraries_2.7.0-22ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package snort-rules-default.
Unpacking snort-rules-default (from .../snort-rules-default_2.7.0-22ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package snort-common.
Unpacking snort-common (from .../snort-common_2.7.0-22ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package snort.
Unpacking snort (from .../snort_2.7.0-22ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package oinkmaster.
Unpacking oinkmaster (from .../oinkmaster_2.0-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libprelude2 (0.9.18.1-1ubuntu3) ...

Setting up snort-common-libraries (2.7.0-22ubuntu1) ...

Setting up snort-rules-default (2.7.0-22ubuntu1) ...
Setting up snort-common (2.7.0-22ubuntu1) ...

Setting up snort (2.7.0-22ubuntu1) ...
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System  snort                            * No running snort instance found
 * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System  snort                    [ OK ] 

Setting up oinkmaster (2.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
[COLOR="Red"]root@HTPC:~# whereis snort
snort: /usr/sbin/snort /etc/snort /usr/share/man/man8/snort.8.gz[/COLOR]
root@HTPC:~#


as you can see the last line verifies that the binaries are in fact installed. So, maybe you need to add the servers that have snort to your repository or maybe go with Ubuntu 9.10., or say scew it and go with backtrack, which is a security auditing Linux suite with all that crap built in:

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
 
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okay i have a feeling that its the version of ubuntu im using. I will try with 9.10 tomorrow when i get back to that machine. I really need this to work, thank you again for all your help
 
im throwing the same thing in ubuntu 9.10 saying package isnt found, which leads me to believe that it is the repository off? How do i change that?
 
hmmm i am at a complete loss with this, i have no idea why i cant get any of this to work

it wont find any packages that i try to install, no matter what i try to do even update or anything it doesnt find it
 
jhooga said:
hmmm i am at a complete loss with this, i have no idea why i cant get any of this to work

it wont find any packages that i try to install, no matter what i try to do even update or anything it doesnt find it
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are you on the Internet with this box? A connection is required
 
jhooga said:
yep i am online that was the first thing i checked, does it matter that i am using a proxy?
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if apt cannot reach the repository servers then yes, plus apt may not use port 80 to connect so the proxy could be blocking it.

Like I said, I know it works because my Ubuntu install is a vanilla out of the box with no modifications, and I was able to install Snort via apt.

Have you looked at backtrack? It has all that security stuff built in, and you wouldn't have to compile anything yourself.
 
jhooga said:
i briefly looked at it, does backtrak do the same things as snort? How difficult is it to use?
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Backtrack as a plethora of security auditing tools, not just snort. As for difficult of use, you will need to learn how to use some of the tools, but if you play with them enough you will learn them.
 
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