[Openswan Users] Openswan isntallation

[Ondrej Valousek]

Not quite sure why are you trying to install it on RHEL? The 
pre-compiled package is there already. Also note that RH kernels are 
using NETKEY, not KLIPS....
Ondrej
Zaeem Sherazi wrote:
> Dear All,
>  
> I am trying to install openswan-2.6.23 on Linux machine RHEL (*Linux 
> master 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:21 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 
> GNU/Linux*). When I follow *Userland-only Install *then I come up with 
> error
>  
> "install -b --suffix=.old pluto whack /usr/local/libexec/ipsec
> #install --mode=u+rxs,g+rx,o+rx --group=root -b --suffix=.old 
> whackinit /usr/local/libexec/ipsec
> if true ; then install -b --suffix=.old _pluto_adns  
> /usr/local/libexec/ipsec ; fi
> ( cd /usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/programs/pluto ; xmlto man pluto.8.xml ; 
> mv ipsec_pluto.8 pluto.8; xmlto man ipsec.secrets.5.xml)
> /bin/sh: xmlto: command not found
> mv: cannot stat `ipsec_pluto.8': No such file or directory
> /bin/sh: xmlto: command not found
> make[3]: *** [doinstall] Error 127
> make[3]: Leaving directory 
> `/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/OBJ.linux.i386/programs/pluto'
> make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/OBJ.linux.i386/programs'
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/OBJ.linux.i386'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> "
>
> And when I follow *KLIPS install *then I come up with the error below.
>  
> "
> echo "# End: "       >> /usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/modobj26/Makefile
> ln -s -f /usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/linux/net/ipsec/match*.S 
> /usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/modobj26
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23'
> make -C /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18/  
> BUILDDIR=/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/modobj26 
> SUBDIRS=/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/modobj26 
> MODULE_DEF_INCLUDE=/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/packaging/linus/config-all.h 
> MODULE_DEFCONFIG=/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23/linux/net/ipsec/defconfig  
> MODULE_EXTRA_INCLUDE= ARCH=i386 modules
> make: Entering an unknown directory
> make: *** /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18/: No such file or directory.  
> Stop.
> make: Leaving an unknown directory
> make[1]: *** [module26] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/openswan-2.6.23'
> make: *** [module] Error 2
> "
> Please anybody let me know solution of my above issue.
>  
> *Regards,*
>
> *Zaeem Sherazi *
>
>
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