You're probably conceptually right, but ntop isn't that hard to uninstall...
rm -rf /usr/share/ntop rm -f /usr/lib/libntop* rm /etc/init.d/ntop rm /etc/rc?.d/???ntop usually works... Building RPMs is ambitious -- both because it's not a nice well documented process and because it really needs to be done as root. One usually learns to juggle small objects rather than starting with flaming torches! I'm not a total newbie - I've been using Linux for about 2 years now, and I have 18 years in IT, but it took me about a month to learn how to reliably create rpms. And given that the 2.1.3 is missing gdchart, I may have to pass on "reliably"... -----Burton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ntop-admin@;unipi.it]On Behalf Of James Liddil Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ntop] Making rpm RH7.3 Again I am a relatively green linux user. But I "thought" that by having and RPM it would be easier to uninstall a program and remove all it's files rather than manually finding and deleting a programs files. Or am I out in left field and ntop puts all it's files in one location? Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Burton M. Strauss III [mailto:Burton@;ntopsupport.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ntop] Making rpm RH7.3 > > > Why bother creating an rpm if all you want to do is compile > it? The only reason for an rpm is to do the installs across > multiple machines. Just download the source and follow the > instructions in BUILD-NTOP.txt > > > -----Burton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ntop-admin@;unipi.it]On > Behalf Of James Liddil > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ntop] Making rpm RH7.3 > > > I blew away all previous files. I downloaded the file > ntop-2.1.51-0.src.rpm. I installed it. I then set up the > directory structure as indicated and did the rpmbuild. I am > trying to compile this because the 2.1.3-i386.rpm file I > downloaded did not seem to have the graphics built in. So > should I then get the 2.1.3-0.src.rpm instead? Sorry to be so dense. > > Jim Liddil > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Burton M. Strauss III [mailto:Burton@;ntopsupport.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:43 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Ntop] Making rpm RH7.3 > > > > > > You're out of your depth ... again, why are you making a 2.1.52 rpm? > > > > You're also not working from the latest cvs, which has > fixes for the > > stuff related to aclocal.m4 in it... > > > > -----Burton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ntop-admin@;unipi.it]On > Behalf Of Jim > > Liddil > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Ntop] Making rpm RH7.3 > > > > > > OK got the right files. Now after I run rpmbuild -ba I get this: > > > > + make > > cd . && /bin/sh > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/ntop-2.1.51/ntop/missing --run > > autoconf > > configure.in:636: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL > > make: *** [configure] Error 1 > > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.54282 (%build) > > > > > > RPM build errors: > > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.54282 (%build) > > > > > > I have not clue here. > > > > Jim Liddil > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
