diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index c4f17753c6..9fd880c242 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ Prerequisites ============= -Bro-aux relies on the following libraries and tools, which need to be installed -before you begin with the installation: +Bro relies on the following libraries and tools, which need to be installed +before you begin: * Libpcap headers and libraries Network traffic capture library - * Flex + * Flex (Fast Lexical Analyzer) Flex is already installed on most systems, so with luck you can skip having to install it yourself. - * Bison + * Bison (GNU Parser Generator) This comes with many systems, but if you get errors compiling parse.y, you will need to install it. @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ before you begin with the installation: CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system, typically not installed by default. See http://www.cmake.org for more information regarding CMake and the installation steps below for - how to use it to build this distribution. + how to use it to build this distribution. CMake generates native + Makefiles that depend on GNU Make by default. Bro can also make uses of some optional libraries if they are found at installation time: @@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ To build and install into /usr/local/bro: > make install This will perform an out-of-source build into the build directory using the -default build options and then install binaries into /usr/local/bro/bin +default build options and then install binaries into /usr/local/bro/bin. You can specify a different installation directory with - > ./configure --prefix=