Problem with nagios-plugin built RPM

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Not all linux distributions include the perl Net::SNMP package.

You can download it from CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SNMP/

or if you use DAG's repository
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/perl-Net-SNMP/


On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Brian Ipsen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed the following SNMP packages:
>
> net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11
>
> And these packages containing perl in the name:
>
> perl-5.8.5-12.1
> perl-XML-Parser-2.34-5
> perl-XML-SAX-0.12-7
> perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51-5
> perl-Filter-1.30-6
> perl-HTML-Tagset-3.03-30
> perl-libwww-perl-5.79-5
> perl-libxml-perl-0.07-30
> perl-XML-Encoding-1.01-26
> perl-Convert-ASN1-0.18-3.WB1
> perl-XML-Grove-0.46alpha-27
> perl-LDAP-0.31-5.WB1
> perl-XML-LibXML-Common-0.13-7
> perl-URI-1.30-4
> perl-HTML-Parser-3.35-6
> perl-XML-Dumper-0.71-2
> perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.08-6
> perl-XML-Twig-3.13-6
> perl-XML-LibXML-1.58-1
> net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11
>
> During ./configure, I get:
>
> checking for snmpget... /usr/bin/snmpget
> checking for snmpgetnext... /usr/bin/snmpgetnext
> configure: WARNING: Tried /usr/bin/perl - install Net::SNMP perl module if
> you want to use the perl snmp plugins
>
> So it still can't find Net::SNMP
>
> I wonder why (no other perl+snmp packages are available for WhiteBox
> Enterprise Linux 4.0).....
>
> /Brian
>
> ________________________________
>
> 	From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
> frank.bourdeau at dga.defense.gouv.fr
> 	Sent: 6. december 2005 13:24
> 	To: Brian Ipsen
> 	Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> 	Subject: [Nagios-users] Réf. : [Nagios-users] Problem with
> nagios-plugin built RPM
>
>
>
> 	Hi,
>
> 	You must intsall the package perl-SNMP from your distro or you must
> rebuild your nagios-plugins package, because you have installed net::SNMP
> perl script.
>
> 	Best regards
>
> 	----
> 	Frank BOURDEAU
> 	tel: 0241936560 fax: 0241936681
> 	frank.bourdeau at dga.defense.gouv.fr
>
>
>
> 		Brian Ipsen <bipsen-sender-25cac0 at andebakken.dk>
> 	Envoyé par : nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
>
> 	06/12/2005 12:50
> 	Veuillez répondre à Brian Ipsen
>
>
> 	        Pour :        <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> 	        cc :
> 	        Objet :        [Nagios-users] Problem with nagios-plugin
> built RPM
>
>
>
> 	Hi,
>
> 	I'm trying to build an RPM with the nagios plugins...
>
> 	Basically, what I do, is:
>
> 	# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SNMP'
> 	# /usr/sbin/groupadd nagios
> 	# /usr/sbin/useradd -r -d /var/log/nagios -s /bin/sh -c "nagios" -g
> nagios
> 	nagios
> 	# cd /usr/src/whitebox/SOURCES
> 	# wget
>
> http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.
> 	2.tar.gz
> 	# tar xzpf nagios-plugins-1.4.2.tar.gz *.spec
> 	# mv -f nagios-plugins-1.4.2/nagios-plugins.spec ../SPECS/
> 	# rm -Rf nagios-plugins-1.4.2
> 	# cd ../SPECS
> 	# chown 0.0 nagios-plugins.spec
> 	# rpmbuild -ba nagios-plugins.spec
> 	# rpm -Uvh ../RPMS/i386/nagios-plugins-1.4.2-1.i386.rpm
>
> 	But this gives me:
>
> 	error: Failed dependencies:
> 	       perl(Net::SNMP) is needed by
> nagios-plugins-1.4-2.1.el3.rf.i386
>
> 	I then check:
>
> 	# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SNMP'
> 	CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> 	Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
> 	 Database was generated on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:01:00 GMT
> 	Net::SNMP is up to date.
>
> 	Why is it complaining about Net::SNMP ??
>
> 	I also tried:
>
> 	# rpm -qa | grep net-snmp
>
> 	net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11
> 	net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11
> 	net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11
> 	net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11
> 	net-snmp-5.1.2-11
>
> 	Where is the problem ??
>
> 	Regards
>
> 	/Brian
>
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