When compiling an application called pyrit on a new CentOS Linux server I ran into an issue with some libraries. Pyrit is an application used to perform dictionary attacks against WPA handshakes and can be really useful for security auditing. The error below is easily resolved on any version of Linux by simply installing the glibc-devel RPM package. Below I display the error in detail as well as how to resolve the error on CentOS by installing the glibc-devel RPM using the Yum package manager.

CentOS Library Error: stubs.h and stubs-32.h

[root@dev pyrit]# python26 setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'cpyrit._cpyrit_cpu' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.o -DVERSION="0.3.1-dev (svn r230)"
In file included from /usr/include/features.h:352,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:27,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/python2.6/Python.h:19,
                 from cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c:21:
/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

If you receive the above error it can more than likely be resolved by installing the glibc-devel RPM package. Below is an example of installing this package using yum on CentOS Linux.

Install glibc-devel Using Yum Package Manager:

[root@dev ~]# yum install glibc-devel
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.cisp.com
 * updates: ftp.osuosl.org
 * addons: centos.mirrors.tds.net
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-42.el5_4.3 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 glibc-devel             i386       2.5-42.el5_4.3   updates           2.0 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 2.0 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): glibc-devel-2.5-42 100% |=========================| 2.0 MB    00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: glibc-devel                  ######################### [1/1]

Installed: glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-42.el5_4.3
Complete!

After installing the glibc-devel package I was able to build pyrit without issue. This common is probably unlikely in most scenarios since it would be required when compiling most applications so chances are this package is already installed on most peoples servers.

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