Re: Installing net-snmp agent on RHEL4

David Hodgson wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> To solve the problem below following Dave Sheilds advice I tried to
> install "elfutils-libelf-devel-0.97.1-3.i386.rpm", it tells me that
> package "elfutils-libelf" is not found. So I tried to install
> "elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-3.i386.rpm" and it tells me that package
> "elfutils-libelf" is not found, strange considering I'm trying to
> install that package. Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> I'm using RHEL4.
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David
> Hodgson
> Sent: 23 October 2006 16:50
> To: Dave Shield
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Installing net-snmp agent on RHEL4
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I managed to install libbeecrypt, beecrypt and beecrypt-devel.
> 
> I then ran make test and the following error appeared...
> 
> [root@fujitsu net-snmp-5.3.1]# make test
> making all in /root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/snmplib
> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/snmplib'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/snmplib'
> making all in /root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent
> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent'
> making all in /root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/helpers
> make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/helpers'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/helpers'
> making all in /root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/mibgroup
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/mibgroup'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent/mibgroup'
> /bin/sh ../libtool  --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Dlinux -I/usr/include/rpm
> -o snmpd snmpd.lo    libnetsnmpmibs.la libnetsnmpagent.la
> helpers/libnetsnmphelpers.la  . ./snmplib/libnetsnmp.la -ldl -lrpm
> -lrpmio -lpopt  -lz -lcrypto -lm
> gcc -g -O2 -Dlinux -I/usr/include/rpm -o .libs/snmpd snmpd.o
> ./.libs/libnetsnmp mibs.so ./.libs/libnetsnmpagent.so
> helpers/.libs/libnetsnmphelpers.so ../snmplib /.libs/libnetsnmp.so
> /usr/lib/librpm.so -L/usr/src/build/600995-i386/install/usr /lib
> -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/librpmdb.so -L/usr/local/lib -lelf -lselinux
> /usr/lib/l ibrpmio.so /usr/lib/libbeecrypt.so -ldl -lrt -lpthread -lbz2
> /usr/lib/libpopt.so  -lz -lcrypto -lm  -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lelf
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [snmpd] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/net-snmp-5.3.1/agent'
> make: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> [root@fujitsu net-snmp-5.3.1]#
> 
> Anyone help?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Dave Shield
> Sent: 20 October 2006 10:57
> To: David Hodgson
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Installing net-snmp agent on RHEL4
> 
> On 20/10/06, David Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I downloaded the file "beecrypt-devel-4.1.2-8.i386.rpm"
>>
>> When I ran it the error appeared...
>>
>> Package not found: beecrypt
> 
> OK - so this relies on the RPM "beecrypto".
> 
> 
>> So I downloaded "beecrypt-4.1.2.tar.gz"
>     [snip]
>> I then ran beecrypt-devel-4.1.2-8.i386.rpm again but the same error
> appeared.
> 
> No - that won't work.
> The RPM system is very egotistical, and assumes that it knows
> everything about the software installed on the system.   If a package
> hasn't been installed "properly" (i.e. via the RPM system), then it
> assumes that it doesn't exist.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the exact configuration in place on RHEL
> systems, but there's on many systems there's a command "yum" which
> will take care of detecting (and dealing with) such dependencies.
> So
>      "yum install beecrypt-devel"
>                              would install the beecrypt-devel RPM,
> plus any other missing packages that it required.   RHEL may have a
> different version of this tool (or an equivalent), but that's by far
> the simplest way to install new software.
>    Maybe someone here can fill in the gaps as to the exact
> incantation/tool to use?
> 
> Uninstall the manual version of the beecrypt libraries, and try with
> that.
> 
> Dave
> 

Try `up2date install`. If you're using RHEL4 you're probably subscribed 
to RHN. Also check for RHEL version of net-snmp.

Radek


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