Can't install PortSentry or Snort

[Kinstonian]

Hmm im trying to install portsentry 1.1 and i type make and then make install like the instructions say and it says

Creating psionic directory /usr/local/psionic
Setting directory permissions
Creating portsentry directory /usr/local/psionic/portsentry
Setting directory permissions
chmod 700 /usr/local/psionic/portsentry
Copying files
cp ./portsentry.conf /usr/local/psionic/portsentry
cp ./portsentry.ignore /usr/local/psionic/portsentry
cp ./portsentry /usr/local/psionic/portsentry
cp: cannot stat './portsentry' : No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

For snort i extracted it and then typed ./configure and i got this error.

./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking wether build environment is sane... yes
checking wether make sets $[MAKE]... no
checking for working aclocal... missing
checknig for working autoconf... missing
checking for worknig automke... missing
checkign for working autoheader... missing
checkign for working makeinfo... missing
checknig for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

[OliverW]

Ah looks like you have to install a lot of stuff. I'm not sure which distro you are using, but you have to install:

gcc
automake
autoconf

Post your distro and I'll post the easiest way to get it.

[Kinstonian]

Originally posted by OliverW:
<STRONG>Ah looks like you have to install a lot of stuff. I'm not sure which distro you are using, but you have to install:

gcc
automake
autoconf

Post your distro and I'll post the easiest way to get it.</STRONG>

Woops...

RedHat 7.1

[Kinstonian]

I got the gcc, automake, and autoconf installlers on the redhat cd but am i going to need to get the makeinfo, aclocal, and autoheader files? Or do they come with the automake/autoconf?

[Kinstonian]

think i got both snort and portsentry installed and working now, thanks..