Steve.org.uk - Lestat - Installation

If you have the requirements already in place then you're all set to download the code - and install it.

If not then you must install the required libraries - for Debian GNU/LInux you may install the requirements easily :

 apt-get install libnet-pcap-perl
 apt-get install libdbi-perl
 apt-get install php4 php4-gd php4-mysql

Other operating systems are probably just as straightforward.

Once you have downloaded the code you are ready to start - there are a couple of things you need to do:

Setup the database table with the included create.sql script.
Run 'make install' to actually install the software.
Edit the configuration file lestat.conf

More detailed instructions are providied within the download.

Once you've done that you should be able to test the capture software by running 'lestat --console' - and watching for output after telnetting to random ports upon your machine.

Move the contents of the 'web/' directory to an appropriate location upon your

Edit 'login.inc' to include details of your database connection and view 'index.php' within your browser.