require 'formula' class Snort < Formula url 'http://www.snort.org/dl/snort-current/snort-2.9.0.5.tar.gz' homepage 'http://www.snort.org' md5 'a7e6f0b013f767d09c99f8f91757e355' depends_on 'daq' depends_on 'libdnet' depends_on 'pcre' def install system "./configure", "--disable-debug", "--disable-dependency-tracking", "--prefix=#{prefix}", "--enable-ipv6", "--enable-zlib", "--enable-mpls", "--enable-targetbased", "--enable-ppm", "--enable-perfprofiling" system "make install" end def caveats <<-EOS.undent For snort to be functional, you need to update the permissions for /dev/bpf* so that they can be read by non-root users. This can be done manually using: sudo chmod 644 /dev/bpf* or you could create a startup item to do this for you. EOS end end