Contents
Installed Program:
pcap-config
Installed Libraries:
libpcap.so
Installed Directory:
/usr/include/pcap
libpcap-1.10.4
Introduction to libpcap
libpcap provides functions for user-level packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring.
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Note
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Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.10.4.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 0322e28dd76cda8066bb6d00fee5969b
Download size: 932 KB
Estimated disk space required: 9.9 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
libpcap Dependencies
Optional
BlueZ-5.70, libnl-3.8.0, libusb-1.0.26, Software distribution for the DAG, and Septel range of passive network monitoring cards.
Installation of 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