libpcap provides functions for user-level packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.
Download (HTTP): http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.5.3.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 7e7321fb3aff2f2bb05c8229f3795d4a
Download size: 628 KB
Estimated disk space required: 8.1 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
BlueZ-4.101, Software distribution for the DAG, libnl-3.2.24, libusb-1.0.18 and Septel range of passive network monitoring cards.
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libpcap
Install libpcap by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
If you want to disable installing the static library, use this sed:
sed -i '/INSTALL_DATA.*libpcap.a\|RANLIB.*libpcap.a/ s/^/#/' Makefile
Now, as the root
user:
make install
Last updated on 2014-02-17 15:16:31 -0800