mysql / snort

[dijit]

I have installed about three different operating systems (SuSe x 2, RedHat x1, mandrake x 3) trying to get snort to work! (i am on mandrake now)

I am trying to install snort, with acid following an instruction booklet prepared by entropy
but i am getting stuck at the start! - trying to install mysql

Anyway, I am hoping this time with the help of you lot I can sort it out once and for all?! (fingers crossed)

first I download mysql-3.23.42.tar.gz (thats the version it tells me to use), then here is what I type.

tar -zxvf mysql-3.23.42.tar.gz
cd mysql-3.23.42
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --localstatedir=/var/mysql

that seems to go fine, i then type

make && make install

and it says

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

can someone get me past this first error ?

[STORMPROOF]

Use Redhat 7.3, I have instructions if you want me to send them to you. I have set up more than 20 snort & Mysql boxes. I should be able to help you with all of your problems.

[dijit]

my pc for some reason has problems with 7.3 - it refuses to accept the partitions, as such i have never got it working properly, hence having to resort to mandrake :(

the instructions that i actually have are for 7.3 so i suspect we may have the same, however, i have spoken to a couple of people that have used mandrake and those instructions and it has worked perfectly for them,

i am also a little reluctant to format again, every time i do it i lose something important!

[dijit]

*bump*

can noone help me get past this make && make install prob ?!

:(