Here's some more info. We wiped and reloaded with Ubuntu Server 12.04. Still get same install error. So we tried doing sudo apt-get -b source snort. Of course it needed about a dozen packages first, but after that (and 45 minutes later) it seemed to install properly. So something appears to be wrong with the prebuilt pacakage. Maybe? I'm not sure.
Here's some more info. We wiped and reloaded with Ubuntu Server 12.04. Still get same install error. So we tried doing sudo apt-get -b source snort. Of course it needed about a dozen packages first, but after that (and 45 minutes later) it seemed to install properly. So something appears to be wrong with the prebuilt pacakage. Maybe? I'm not sure.