The Traceroute package contains a program which is used to display the network route that packets take to reach a specified host. This is a standard network troubleshooting tool. If you find yourself unable to connect to another system, traceroute can help pinpoint the problem.
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This package overwrites the version of traceroute that was installed in the inetutils package in LFS. This version is more powerful and allows many more options than the standard version.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.2.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 56fdeed70d922f2545f4f9121234c313
Download size: 71.4 KB
Estimated disk space required: 580 KB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/traceroute
Install Traceroute by running the following commands:
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make prefix=/usr install && ln -sv -f traceroute /usr/bin/traceroute6 && ln -sv -f traceroute.8 /usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8 && rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/traceroute.1
The traceroute.1 file that was installed in LFS by inetutils is no longer relevant. This package overwrites that version of traceroute and installs the man page in man chapter 8.