Traceroute

Download Source:	http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/platform/sun/packages/solaris/freeware/SOURCES/traceroute-1.4a12.tar.gz
Required Patch:	http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/patches/traceroute/traceroute-1.4a12-update_config-1.patch

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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.

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../traceroute-1.4a12-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

Note: traceroute is install with 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-1.4a12-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

Note: traceroute is install with 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-1.4a12-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

Note: traceroute is install with 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-1.4a12-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

Note: traceroute is install with 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.