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diddi

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 18

Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

Hi!

I'm trying to install snort on a newly installed arch system.
It didn't go well..

Targets (1): snort-2.8.2.1-8  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   8.78 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#########################################################################################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading snort                               [#########################################################################################################################################################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_B2G8ys/.INSTALL: line 6: var/log/snort/alert: No such file or directory
error: scriptlet failed to execute correctly

Anyone knows what to do?
/Diddi

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

file a bug report.

quarkup

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 497

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Re: Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

try this:

cd /                 # just in case (might work or not)
pacman -Scc    
sudo pacman -Syyuu             
sudo pacman -S snort

the flags usage:
  -Scc          to clean your downloaded packages (this does not "uninstall" them, just clean them)
  -Syyuu      to upgrade

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

There is no -uu option available for pacman -S, only -u/--sysupgrade.

SamC

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From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 611

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Re: Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

quarkup, that has no effect, as it is (likely) a problem with the pre- or post-install script. Note that snort is still installed, but the script does not execute.

matu

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Registered: 2009-02-27

Posts: 2

Re: Cannot install snort, install script does not exist?

Just create the directory /var/log/snort/ :
# mkdir /var/log/snort

and reinstall :
# pacman -R snort
# pacman -S snort

Bye bye.

Last edited by matu (2009-02-27 07:13:38)