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Chapter 2     Installing Snort and Getting Started

[root@conformix snort 1.9.0]#  ./configure   help

Usage: configure [options] [host]

Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]

Configuration:

    cache file=FILE       cache test results in FILE

    help                  print this message

    no create             do not create output files

    quiet,   silent       do not print  checking...  messages

    version               print the version of autoconf that 

                          created configure

Directory and file names:

    prefix=PREFIX         install architecture independent 

                          files in PREFIX

                          [/usr/local]

    exec prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture dependent 

                          files in EPREFIX

                          [same as prefix]

    bindir=DIR            user executables in DIR 

                          [EPREFIX/bin]

    sbindir=DIR           system admin executables in DIR 

                          [EPREFIX/sbin]

    libexecdir=DIR        program executables in DIR 

                          [EPREFIX/libexec]

    datadir=DIR           read only architecture independent

                          data in DIR

                          [PREFIX/share]

    sysconfdir=DIR        read only single machine data in

                          DIR [PREFIX/etc]

    sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture independent

                          data in DIR

                          [PREFIX/com]

    localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single machine data in

                          DIR [PREFIX/var]

    libdir=DIR            object code libraries in DIR

                          [EPREFIX/lib]

    includedir=DIR        C header files in DIR

                          [PREFIX/include]

    oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non gcc in DIR

                          [/usr/include]

    infodir=DIR           info documentation in DIR

                          [PREFIX/info]

    mandir=DIR            man documentation in DIR

                          [PREFIX/man]

    srcdir=DIR            find the sources in DIR

                          [configure dir or ..]

    program prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program

                           names