Bro OS Dependencies

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Bro Dependencies for several operating systems

Caution.png Note: Cluster users should install dependencies to both the manager and the worker servers.

Bro 1.5 on FreeBSD 7.1

  • (building from svn) autoconf
  • (building from svn) automake
  • (building from svn) subversion
  • bash
  • (optional) GeoIP
  • (optional) wireshark
  • (cluster only) rdist

Bro 1.5 on CentOS 5.3 x86_64

For most CentOS dependencies, you can type the following to find the package and install it: 

yum list dependency_name*  Ex: yum list autoconf*
yum install autoconf
  • gcc
  • gcc-c++
  • (building from svn) autoconf
  • (building from svn) automake
  • libtool
  • (optional) GeoIP
  • (building from svn) subversion
  • ncurses-devel
  • bash (installed by default)
  • flex
  • byacc
  • python-devel
  • python-tools
  • (optional) wireshark
  • libpcap-devel
  • openssl-devel
  • gdb
  • ruby
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