Suricata

Are trying to compile latest git or a stable version? I think there is a diff in the command lines as noted in the doc (unless you are compiling latest git ofcourse in this case).

I think it is getting the latest git and not the stable version if i'm reading the instruction correctly:
" As you are still in the CYGWIN environment -
Type in
git clone git://phalanx.openinfosecfoundation.org/oisf.git
Then after it is done
cd oisf
Then we need libhtp:
git clone git://github.com/ironbee/libhtp.git -b 0.5.x"

what would be altered in this to get the stable version, and also important, do i need to remove the current installed version and how......?
(Keep in mind, my knowledge about these CLI's is very basic and i rely a lot on the documentation that excists).

Victor, you are correct, this seems to be more of a support request, my mistake.

I read the reference voor appveyor, but it seems to be based on "building" an installation for Suricata, and i am trying to install Suricata.
Could someone let me know the changes i should do to the git:// adress to get the stable version?

I appreciate the help and i am aware i have a lot to learn on this subject :).

Maybe the .msi installers here are enough? https://suricata-ids.org/download/

Peter Manev wrote:

As in the doc I just rerun the following to confirm (in cygwin) -
[...]
and it worked as expected on 2012R2

Did you mange to do successfully all the other steps before that in the doc?

Peter, i did notice a few differences in the installation of the newer version of Cygwin, i'm going to double check this now to make sure all the functions an prerequisites are installed.

I missed several required packages, they are being installed now, ill let you know the result later today!

Thank you for your help, even though the solution was tracing back my stupidity :).

Thanks for the update.
There is nothing silly to worry about - you actually are helping us by confirming the docs are correct. It is helpful.

Alright, the lack of packages did cause the error with the syntax.
That part is fixed.

Now i am running in to a configure error at the end:
" checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `gccmarch-native': machine `gccmarch' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub gccmarch-native failed"

i should have all the prerequisites now, and google didn't give me much in terms of explaination about this error :(.

What is your config line?

Notice the space in "--disable- gccmarch-native". Please remove that space and try again.