Traceroute
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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.
Project Homepage: Unknown
Dependencies
Non-Multilib
Compile the package:
patch -Np1 -i ../traceroute-2.0.15-update_config-1.patch && sed -i -e 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make
Install the package
make install && make install-man
Traceroute is installed SUID. To be FHS compliant, move it to /usr/bin with:
mv -v /usr/sbin/traceroute /usr/bin
Multilib
This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.
32Bit
Compile the package:
patch -Np1 -i ../traceroute-2.0.15-update_config-1.patch &&
sed -i -e 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
Install the package
make install && make install-man
Traceroute is installed SUID. To be FHS compliant, move it to /usr/bin with:
mv -v /usr/sbin/traceroute /usr/bin
N32
Compile the package:
patch -Np1 -i ../traceroute-2.0.15-update_config-1.patch &&
sed -i -e 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in &&
CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
Install the package
make install && make install-man
Traceroute is installed SUID. To be FHS compliant, move it to /usr/bin with:
mv -v /usr/sbin/traceroute /usr/bin
64Bit
Compile the package:
patch -Np1 -i ../traceroute-2.0.15-update_config-1.patch &&
sed -i -e 's/-o bin/-o root/' Makefile.in &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
Install the package
make install && make install-man
Traceroute is installed SUID. To be FHS compliant, move it to /usr/bin with:
mv -v /usr/sbin/traceroute /usr/bin
Content
Installed Program: traceroute
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.
