N00b needing help with IPTraff/RRDTool installation :(

[MeNeZ]

Hi,

I really need help getting RRDTool to work to use for network monitoring, I literaly have about an hours worth of experience using Linux and have a million guides open but I think Im going about things the wrong way...(Im installing remotely and dont have additional software packages available on CD so I need to download and install whatever is needed...

When I try execute the RRDTOOL I get the following:

[root@system rrdtool-1.4.5]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/root/RRDtool/rrdtool/rrdtool-1.4.5':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

So I imagine I need to install gcc, dd & cl.exe? I've looked on some FTP sites, most are down and the others are huge and this 68mb download of gcc-4.6.1.tar.bz2 is going to take 1 hour and 44 minutes to download so you can see why I want to make sure Im doing the right thing first... :erm:

I was also looking at Debian, should I install that??

 

[MyWorld]

checking for gcc... no

You do not mention what distro you are using, but if you want to build packages manually then you are going to need a compiler, hence gcc.

Do a search for gcc or install the developers packages, that should include gcc.

 

[MeNeZ]

Thanks for your reply, Im installing it on ClearOS. I beleive it is its own Distro??

I'm busy downloading GCC now

 

[w1z4rd]

yum install iptraf

Dont try compile from scratch unless you know what you are doing, use the built in package manger yum. Use the above command.

If you have an hours worth of linux experience no ways you ganna get rrdtools installed: http://www.clearfoundation.com/docs/man/index.php?s=1&n=mrtg-rrd

It comes with MRTG as it is though.

 

[MyWorld]

Thanks for your reply, Im installing it on ClearOS. I beleive it is its own Distro??

I'm busy downloading GCC now

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

And look into iptraf as well, will be much easier to manage than something you had to compile yourself.