Libpcap

Download Source:	http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.0.0.tar.gz

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Introduction to Libpcap

Libpcap provides a system-independent interface for user-level packet capture. It includes a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc.

Project Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/

Note

Currently, Libpcap does not compile with Flex 2.5.34. With 2.5.33 and 2.5.35 there are no problems

Configuration Information

--enable-ipv6: enables full IPv6 support (e.g. capture filters)

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libpcap-1.0.0 &&
install -v -m644 doc/*{html,txt} /usr/share/doc/libpcap-1.0.0

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Install the package

make install

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libpcap-1.0.0 &&
install -v -m644 doc/*{html,txt} /usr/share/doc/libpcap-1.0.0