How to compile skipfish in fedora?

You may have face this error.

kasun@kasendra skipfish-2.05b$ make
cc -L/usr/local/lib/ -L/opt/local/lib skipfish.c -o skipfish -O3 -Wno-format -Wall -funsigned-char -g
 -ggdb -I/usr/local/include/ -I/opt/local/include/  -DVERSION=\"2.05b\" \
      http_client.c database.c crawler.c analysis.c report.c -lcrypto -lssl -lidn -lz
skipfish.c: In function ‘main’:
skipfish.c:245:54: warning: variable ‘has_fake’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
http_client.c:39:18: fatal error: idna.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [skipfish] Error 1
kasun@kasendra skipfish-2.05b$ 

Solution is install libidn-devel with yum.


'yum install libidn-devel'

[root@kasendra kasun]# yum install libidn-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.nus.edu.sg
 * rpmfusion-free: mirror.de.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.de.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.de.leaseweb.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.de.leaseweb.net
 * updates: mirror.nus.edu.sg
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libidn-devel.x86_64 0:1.22-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package              Arch           Version               Repository      Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 libidn-devel         x86_64         1.22-3.fc16           fedora         138 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 138 k
Installed size: 138 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
libidn-devel-1.22-3.fc16.x86_64.rpm                      | 138 kB     00:01     
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : libidn-devel-1.22-3.fc16.x86_64                              1/1 
  Verifying  : libidn-devel-1.22-3.fc16.x86_64                              1/1 

Installed:
  libidn-devel.x86_64 0:1.22-3.fc16                                             

Complete!
[root@kasendra kasun]# 

Now Lets compile.

kasun@kasendra skipfish-2.05b$ make
cc -L/usr/local/lib/ -L/opt/local/lib skipfish.c -o skipfish -O3 -Wno-format -Wall -funsigned-char -g
 -ggdb -I/usr/local/include/ -I/opt/local/include/  -DVERSION=\"2.05b\" \
      http_client.c database.c crawler.c analysis.c report.c -lcrypto -lssl -lidn -lz
skipfish.c: In function ‘main’:
skipfish.c:245:54: warning: variable ‘has_fake’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

See dictionaries/README-FIRST to pick a dictionary for the tool.

Having problems with your scans? Be sure to visit:
http://code.google.com/p/skipfish/wiki/KnownIssues

kasun@kasendra skipfish-2.05b$

Bingo!