# Error configuring Bro

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/error-configuring-bro/1439>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-configuring-bro/1439 "2008-11-07T00:24:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sirisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Sirisha](https://community.zeek.org/u/Sirisha)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-configuring-bro/1439/1 "2008-11-07T00:24:21Z")

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Hi  
While running the './configure' command in 'work' directory I get the following error.

any ideas about what might be causing the error?

checking if we should declare socket and friends... no  
checking for gethostbyname... yes  
checking for socket... yes  
checking for putmsg in -lstr... no  
checking for local pcap library... not found  
checking for pcap\_open\_live in -lpcap... no  
checking for pcap\_open\_live in -lpcap... no  
configure: error: see the INSTALL doc for more info

Thanks,sirisha.

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**Author:** ![Cuttler\_Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Cuttler\_Matt](https://community.zeek.org/u/Cuttler_Matt)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-configuring-bro/1439/2 "2008-11-07T00:59:02Z")

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../configure --enable-shippedpcap (other options) might work out for you.

What OS / platform? This may not be necessary..

Thanks,  
Matt Cuttler

Quoting Sirisha from 11/6/08 7:24 PM

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-configuring-bro/1439/3 "2022-05-06T15:38:46Z")

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Closed on May 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC