end up building from source
got snort-2.1.1.tar.gz
follow
http://www.snort.org/docs/snort_acid_rh9.pdf page 14
basicly (I did not use mysql to store data)
groupadd snort
useradd -g snort snort
mkdir /etc/snort
mkdir /var/log/snort
tar -xvzf snort-2.X.X.tar.gz
cd snort-2.X.X
./configure
make
make install
you'll find snort under /usr/local/bin
Don't forget download ruels to /etc/snort dir
e.g. snortrules-stable.tar.gz
and make sure it matches what snort.conf says about rule dir
I use the old /etc/init.d/snortd and link it to rc3.d
change /usr/sbin/snort to /usr/local/bin/snort in /etc/init.d/snortd