I figured it out....I was missing GNU m4 package, installed it and the install worked like a charm.
>From: "Shahid Sharif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: compiling nessus 2.2.5 on solaris 8
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When I run nessus-installer-2.2.5.sh on a solaris8 system, i get the following errors:
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Nessus installation : Ready to install
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Nessus is now ready to be installed on this host.
The installation process will first compile it then install it
Press ENTER to continue
x - Compiling the libraries
x -- Configuring the sources for your system
x -- Uninstalling any previous version of Nessus
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nasl
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nasl-config
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nessus
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nessus-config
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nessus-build
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nessus-mkrand
+ rm -f /usr/local/bin/nessus-mkcert-client
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessus-adduser
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessus-rmuser
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessusd
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessus-update-plugins
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessus-mkcert
+ rm -f /usr/local/sbin/nessus-check-signature
+ rm -rf /usr/local/include/nessus
+ rm -f /usr/local/lib/libhosts_gatherer.a /usr/local/lib/libhosts_gatherer.la /usr/local/lib/libhosts_gatherer.so /usr/local/lib/libhosts_gatherer.so.2 /usr/local/lib/libhosts_gatherer.so.2.2.5
+ rm
-f /usr/local/lib/libnasl.*
+ rm -f /usr/local/lib/libnessus.a /usr/local/lib/libnessus.la /usr/local/lib/libnessus.so /usr/local/lib/libnessus.so.2 /usr/local/lib/libnessus.so.2.2.5
+ rm -f /usr/local/lib/libpcap-nessus.*
+ rm -rf /usr/local/lib/nessus
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nasl-config.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nasl.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nessus-build.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nessus-config.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nessus.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nessus-mkrand.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/nessus-mkcert-client.1
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man8/nessus-mkcert.8
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man8/nessus-adduser.8
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man8/nessus-rmuser.8
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man8/nessus-update-plugins.8
+ rm -f /usr/local/man/man8/nessusd.8
+ test -n
+ set +x
x -- Compiling
m4: bad option: -P
Broken
Pipe
make[1]: *** [grammar.c] Broken Pipe
make: [pcap-make] Error 2 (ignored)
services.c: In function `nessus_get_svc_name':
services.c:80: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
services.c: In function `get_tcp_svcs':
services.c:131: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
services.c:171: warning: passing arg 1 of `munmap' from incompatible pointer type
x -- Installing
libtool: install: `libpcap-nessus.la' is not a valid libtool archive
Try `libtool --help --mode=install' for more information.
make[1]: *** [install-libpcap-nessus.la] Error 1
make: [pcap-install] Error 2 (ignored)
x - Compiling the NASL interpretor
x -- Configuring the sources for your system
x -- Compiling
In file included from nasl_packet_forgery.c:19:
../include/includes.h:219:18: pcap.h: No such file or directory
In file included from
../include/includes.h:220,
from nasl_packet_forgery.c:19:
/usr/local/include/nessus/libnessus.h:332:18: pcap.h: No such file or directory
nasl_packet_forgery.c: In function `nasl_pcap_next':
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1395: error: `PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this function)
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1395: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1395: error: for each function it appears in.)
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1409: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1395: error: storage size of `errbuf' isn't known
nasl_packet_forgery.c: In function `nasl_send_capture':
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1481: error: `PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this
function)
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1495: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nasl_packet_forgery.c:1481: error: storage size of `errbuf' isn't known
make[1]: *** [nasl_packet_forgery.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
**** An error occured :/
Do you want to save the compilation log to analyze what went wrong ? [y]
Where should I save this file ? [//nessus_compilation]
Do you want to delete /tmp/nessus-installer.4656 ? [y]
Please advise what can be going wrong?
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