# Réf. : \[Bro\] Installing Bro

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [March 22, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723 "2005-03-22T07:17:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jean-Philippe\_LUIGG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jean-Philippe\_LUIGG1](https://community.zeek.org/u/Jean-Philippe_LUIGG1)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723/1 "2005-03-22T07:17:40Z")

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Hello,

About the first problem, could you give us the OS you use ?  
And then the second part, did you download the package from  
[http://www.bro-ids.org](http://www.bro-ids.org) or [ftp.ee.lbl.gov](http://ftp.ee.lbl.gov) ?  
It's currently bro-0.9a8.tar.gz the latest version i think, i just got it a  
few minutes ago (in order to check) from the ftp site and all the process  
went smoothly.

Best regards.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dana Zhang  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<[berry1.0@gmail.com](mailto:berry1.0@gmail.com) Pour : bro@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\> cc : (ccc : Jean-Philippe LUIGGI/DADM/SAGEM)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Envoyé par :  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bro-admin@ICSI.Berk  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;eley.EDU  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22/03/2005 05:18  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Veuillez répondre à  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dana Zhang  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Remis le :  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22/03/2005 05:20  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
I've been having some trouble install bro on my machine.  
First I tried to install the Stable 0.8 Release. After ./configure, I  
tried to make it. But in /bro-pub-0.8a88/libedit/history.c there was a  
compilation error with variable VIS\_WHITE. It appears this variable  
appears only once I haven't been able to locate the source of this  
variable. Neither can the make file.

Then I tried to install the current 0.9 Development Release. The first  
problem I encountered was when untarring the downloaded file from the  
bro side, there was an check sum error. That's never a promising sign.  
Then when configuring, my installation of libpcap is unable to be  
found. I have already installed it in the  
~/bro-0.9a8/aux/libpcap-0.7.2 directory.

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**Author:** ![Dana\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dana\_Zhang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Dana_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723/2 "2005-03-22T10:31:56Z")

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Thank you for looking at my problem. I was really quite confused as  
two why I was unable to install so I moved to a different  
computer/network all together and I had no problems installing version  
0.9. I should have changed computers sooner.

I downloaded my packages from [http://www.bro-ids.org](http://www.bro-ids.org). I didn't have  
problems untarring the package on the new system.

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**Author:** ![Ruoming\_Pang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@Ruoming\_Pang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Ruoming_Pang)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723/3 "2005-03-22T14:41:04Z")

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> so I moved to a different  
> computer/network all together and I had no problems installing version  
> 0.9.

Hi,

What is the OS on the old system? We'd like to understand why it didn't work. Thanks!

Ruoming

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**Author:** ![Dana\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dana\_Zhang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Dana_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723/4 "2005-03-23T00:14:17Z")

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Hi,

I was on SunOS 5.9. I moved to a Linux 2.4.18-3bigmem.

Cheers,  
Dana

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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, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/ref-bro-installing-bro/723/5 "2022-05-06T15:37:25Z")

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