PF_RING ubuntu installation

Question

I am trying to install pf_ring on ubuntu virtual machine , I tried it many many times but every time I fail :( . so, I am using the tutorial : http://www.ntop.org/pf_ring/installation-guide-for-pf_ring/

in this tutorial the driver of eth0 is e1000e , on my computer it's e1000. the first error is in libpcap folder. when I am trying to run 'make' on that folder it's writing no targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. . I tried to run ./configure but it's not helping . I skipped this part of installation.

the second error is when I am trying to install the pf_ring driver. I am going to ~/PF_RING/drivers/DNA/e1000-8.0.35-DNA/src folder and running make and receiving this : this driver is not supported on kernel versions older than 2.4.0. Stop.

maybe someone know what is the problem and how I can install PF_RING ? or maybe someone already have a virtual machine that contains that module and he/she can share it with me ? or maybe someone know a better and newer tutorial (the tutorial in the link is from 2010 ) ?

Thank You !

Answer 1

make sure you have all the required dependencies

sudo apt-get install build-essential bison flex linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Download the pf_ring tarball with wget, curl or your browser https://sourceforge.net/projects/ntop/files/PF_RING/

I would recommend escalating to root for the next few commands

tar xf PF_RING-6.4.1.tar.gz
cd PF_RING-6.4.1
make
cd kernel
make install
cd ../userland/lib
make install
modprobe pf_ring

That's it. To check everything worked type

modinfo pf_ring

Answer 2

There is tutorial under /userland you can use to change your e1000 driver to e1000e. it is fairly hard to do that but it is not impossible.

Your second error

driver is not supported on kernel versions older than 2.4.0. Stop.

may be resolved by upgrading your kernel to 4.x. these two solution works for me.

if the errors is still remaining, open an issue on https://github.com/ntop/PF_RING/issues and ask your questions from pf_ring developers.