Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Traceroute-2.1.3

Introduction to Traceroute

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.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Installation of 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.

Contents

Installed Program: traceroute and traceroute6 (symlink)
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

traceroute

does basically what it says: it traces the route your packets take from the host you are working on to another host on a network, showing all the intermediate hops (gateways) along the way

traceroute6

is equivalent to traceroute -6