macOS Compiling Source Code Under OS X?

[unsaltedrhino]

Hi all,

I'm trying to compile and install the following source;

http://fwlogwatch.inside-security.de/

Now, I understand that OS X is built on FreeBSD (right?!) which the above is known to run on but I cannot figure out how to do it (only just started to delve into the Unix underpinnings and swamped already)! There isn't a configure script with the source, so I tried navigating to the extracted source folder in the Terminal and typing;

make && sudo make install

This didn't work but then I noticed in the Makefile that it is set up for Linux, and for FreeBSD you have to uncomment the appropriate lines. So I did this and tried to make again, but this resulted in the following;

flex -B  -t cisco_ios.l > cisco_ios.c
gcc -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_GETTEXT -pipe -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include   -c -o cisco_ios.o cisco_ios.c
In file included from cisco_ios.l:14:
main.h:20:21: error: libintl.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [cisco_ios.o] Error 1
rm cisco_ios.c

Anyone know what I might be doing wrong or does anyone have an idiot proof method to help me install this piece of software??

Thanks in advance!
-d

 

[robbieduncan]

It would appear that you don't have a required library so the code won't compile. OSX has a BSD userland but it is not really built on BSD. It does not have the same libraries installed by default or the same library linking system.

 

[unsaltedrhino]

Hmmm right.. Would a FreeBSD package (http://www.freebsd.org/ports/security.html#fwlogwatch-1.1) be any easier?

 

[robbieduncan]

Hmmm right.. Would a FreeBSD package (http://www.freebsd.org/ports/security.html#fwlogwatch-1.1) be any easier?

OSX is not FreeBSD. It might work but it probably would not.