Bug #2669
closedmake install-full fails due to being unable to find libhtp.so.2
Description
Encountered this bug when compiling suricata 4.1.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.5 and 18.04.1
When running make install-full, suricata-update fails to run because it attempts to execute "suricata --build-info" as a part of the rule update and download process. Suricata states that it doesn't know where libhtp.so.2 is. libhtp.so.2 gets compiled as installed as a part of the build process, but the system doesn't know that until you run ldconfig. Only problem is, ldconfig is not ran before suricata-update is ran, so make install-full exits with a nonzero status, and suricata-update won't run until the system is rebooted, or ldconfig is ran. It was recommend that perhaps LD_PRELOAD could be set (e.g. LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libhtp.so.2) so that the system tries to look for libhtp in the location its supposed to be when make install-full is executed, but I haven't tested this as a solution yet. My current work-around involves running make install, followed by ldconfig, followed by make install-full so that suricata-update runs successfully
Operating Systems affected: Ubuntu 16.04.1 and 18.04.1
Problem: make install-full exists with nonzero status; suricata-update fails to run due to suricata --build-info command failing to run. Root cause is system not knowing where libhtp is.
Expected Result: suricata-update doesn't fail to run with running make install-full
Work-around: run make install, ldconfig, then make install-full for system to register where the libhtp library is, so that suricata-update runs successfully.
Updated by Victor Julien about 6 years ago
At the time of running this we know where we installed libhtp, so we could consider setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to that location. Or LD_PRELOAD. I would think the former is a bit more robust wrt changes to the libhtp so version.
Updated by Andreas Herz over 5 years ago
- Assignee set to Community Ticket
- Target version set to TBD
Updated by Jason Ish about 5 years ago
- Assignee changed from Community Ticket to Jason Ish
- Target version changed from TBD to 5.0.0
Updated by Shivani Bhardwaj about 5 years ago
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee changed from Jason Ish to Shivani Bhardwaj
Updated by Shivani Bhardwaj about 5 years ago
- Priority changed from Low to Urgent
Updated by Victor Julien about 5 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Closed
- Priority changed from Urgent to Normal