SIPp Installation

      To install SIPp on a Fedora System follow the steps given below :

1. Checkout the sipp code from the SIPp svn. On the sourceforge download page click on the Code Tab and copy the http access svn link :

[root@localhost rishabh]$ svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/sipp/code/ sipp-code
A    sipp-code/doc
A    sipp-code/doc/trunk
.
.

This will create a folder called sipp-code in the current directory.


2. Now navigate to the directory "sipp-code/sipp/trunk"

[root@localhost rishabh]# cd sipp-code/sipp/trunk
[root@localhost trunk]#


3. Compile SIPp. Sipp can be compiled with the following options :
    a. OPEN-SSL support : required if SIPp need to be run over TLS
    b. PCAP-play support
    c. SCTP support

Here I will compile SIPp with all the above options. To do this run the command

     "autoreconf -ivf; ./configure --with-pcap --with-sctp --with-openssl; make".
  
I compiled SIPp on a freshly installed Fedora machine and encountered the following errors :

        a. Error : bash: autoreconf: command not found...
            Solution : Install autoconf with the command : "yum install autoconf"
      
        b. Error : Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 326.
            Solution :  Install automake with the command "yum install automake"
      
        c. Error : configure: error: ncurses library missing
            Solution : Install ncurses library with the command "yum install ncurses-devel.i686"
      
        d. Error : configure: error: <openssl/md5.h> header missing
            Solution : Install openssl and openssl-devel with the commands "yum install openssl" and "yum install openssl-devel.i686"

        e. Error : configure: WARNING: <netinet/sctp.h> header missing, but this is acceptable on Mac OS X Lion
            Solution : Install lksctp libraries with the command "yum install lksctp-tools-devel.i686".

        f.  Error : configure: error: <pcap.h> header missing  
            Solution : Install pcap libraries with command "yum install libpcap-devel.i686"

        g. Error : ./depcomp: line 772: exec: g++: not found  
            Solution : Install g++ with the command "yum install gcc-c++"


4. Next run "make install"

[root@localhost trunk]# make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/rishabh/sipp-code/sipp/trunk'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/bin'
  /usr/bin/install -c sipp '/usr/local/bin'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rishabh/sipp-code/sipp/trunk'
[root@localhost trunk]#


5. To check if SIPp was installed correctly give the command "sipp -v". It will show the version of SIPp installed

[root@localhost trunk]# sipp -v

 SIPp v3.4-early-TLS-SCTP-PCAP, version unknown, built Oct 24 2014, 22:29:11.

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 License along with this program; if not, write to the
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA

 Author: see source files.

[root@localhost trunk]#