libs, headers, and compilations

[Christopher Chan]

On Monday, October 11, 2010 06:38 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> Turns out I need the latest and greatest version of msf on my ubuntu
> portable for work, so I've been following the instructions on their site
> which (I have to say so far) are pretty good.
> In compiling lorcon, however, I noted a couple of warnings that I cannot
> quite interpret and am hoping someone here can help with -
>
> checking for linux/if_arp.h usability... no
> checking for linux/if_arp.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's
> result
> configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: in the future, the compiler will
> take precedence
> checking for linux/if_arp.h... yes
>
> checking for linux/wireless.h usability... no
> checking for linux/wireless.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: check for missing prerequisite
> headers?
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: section "Present But Cannot Be
> Compiled"
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's
> result
> configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: in the future, the compiler will
> take precedence
> checking for linux/wireless.h... yes
> configure: WARNING: Missing libnl netlink library will not be able to
> control mac80211 vaps
> no libnl/libnl doesn't have mac80211 support
>
> I did check for these header files and they are on the system under
> /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-25/include/linux/ (as well as under the
> 25-generic subdir)
>
> Am I missing something else?

Try to see if libnl-dev is installed for the mac80211 support 'error'.

Then go ahead and run make dep and try to compile and see whether lorcon 
will compile or not.