Download ntop User`s Guide

ntop 2.3 User’s Guide
2. Compiling and Installing ntop
ntop is can be downloaded from http://www.ntop.org/ and several other mirrors (e.g.
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ntop/) in both source and binary (either application
binary or binary package) format. However in order to:
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take advantage of the latest ntop features.
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report problems we can fix
It is strongly recommended that you fetch the ntop code using CVS as described here
http://www.ntop.org/download.html.
In order to compile ntop you need to install some prerequisite libraries (see appendix).
Supposing that you have already installed the prerequisite packages and downloaded the
ntop source code, in order to compile ntop do:
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cd <your path to ntop>/ntop
./configure
make
su
<you need root password>
make install
exit
ntop requires superuser (root) capability. In order to allow non-root users to use ntop please
do:
# su <you need root password>
# cd <directory where you have installed ntop (e.g.
/usr/sbin/)>
# chown root.root ntop
# chmod 6111 ntop
# exit
Under windows systems, in order to compile ntop you must first get a compiler (e.g. MS
Visual C++ or .NET) then use the project you can find in the ntop/packages/Win32 directory
part of the ntop source distribution. It is possible to get a binary ntop package from
http://shop.ntop.org/ at little cost: the money we gather is reinvested in the project for
paying expenses and purchasing network hardware and software.
At this point ntop should be installed properly and ready to use. If you have experienced
problems while compiling ntop, please report the problem.
© 1998-2003 - Luca Deri <[email protected]>
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