# problem installing bro on ubuntu 10.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [January 17, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785 "2011-01-17T22:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sridhar\_basam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@sridhar\_basam1](https://community.zeek.org/u/sridhar_basam1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/21 "2011-01-19T20:35:29Z")
It sounds like you need to get familiar with linux/unix in general. There are a lot of excellent books on Linux on Amazon for questions such as these. These questions aren’t directly related to Bro. The below looks like a cron entry to be run every 5 minutes. Sridhar ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/22 "2011-01-19T20:53:46Z")
hi root@raj-Satellite-L300:/path/to/bro/bin# broctl start No command ‘broctl’ found, did you mean: Command ‘brctl’ from package ‘bridge-utils’ (main) broctl: command not found i am getting error when i did broctl installation thru this steps ## Installing a Stand-alone Bro This is the default installation. Configure and compile Bro as usual, specifying the target installation path as `prefix` (we use `/usr/local/bro` as an example): ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/23 "2011-01-19T20:58:33Z")
thanx its done … can anyone please tell me how & where can i see bro ouput please ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Hall3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Seth\_Hall3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Seth_Hall3)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/24 "2011-01-19T21:07:14Z")
What sort of output are you looking for or expecting?   .Seth ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/25 "2011-01-19T21:10:45Z")
i am expecting network traffic and if any attacks there then bro should respond vt an alarm… Thanx ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/26 "2011-01-19T21:51:24Z")
Hi again i installed bro ids on ubuntu when ever i say ./broctl start its saying bro running but i need to see bro output and its traffic and more can anyone let me know where i can find output for bro or do ineed to install any thing more… please any can help me ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Hall3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Seth\_Hall3](https://community.zeek.org/u/Seth_Hall3)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/27 "2011-01-19T21:58:43Z")
Bro doesn't output traffic. It outputs logs and alarms. You can find your logs in the spool/ directory and I think those are rotated into the logs/ directory every 24 hours by default.   .Seth ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/28 "2011-01-20T06:13:45Z")
hi can any help me resolving this problem… root@raj-Satellite-L300:/path/to/bro/bin# ./broctl start starting bro … warning: cannot send mail bro terminated immediately after starting; check output with “diag” root@raj-Satellite-L300:/path/to/bro/bin# i given my email address [orsr88@gmail.com](mailto:orsr88@gmail.com) at mailto line on broctl.cfg Thanks & Regards ---
**Author:** ![rajasekhar\_reddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rajasekhar\_reddy](https://community.zeek.org/u/rajasekhar_reddy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/29 "2011-01-20T08:49:37Z")
hi can anyone please help me on this when i run broctl immediately after installation but when i did same thing after restarting the computer i am getting this error. root@raj-Satellite-L300:/path/ to/bro/bin# ./broctl start starting bro … warning: cannot send mail bro terminated immediately after starting; check output with “diag” root@raj-Satellite-L300:/path/to/bro/bin# i given my email address [orsr88@gmail.com](mailto:orsr88@gmail.com) at mailto line on broctl.cfg Thanks & Regards ---
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-installing-bro-on-ubuntu-10-04/1785/30 "2022-05-06T15:39:24Z")
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