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{{Package-Introduction|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.|http://www.tcpdump.org/}}
 
{{Package-Introduction|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.|http://www.tcpdump.org/}}
  
{{Note|Currently, compiling with Flex 2.5.34 results in a broken libpcap. With 2.5.33 there is no problems}}
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== Dependencies ==
 
== Dependencies ==
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patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-{{Libpcap-Version}}-flex_fix-1.patch &&
 
  ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 
  ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 
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patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-{{Libpcap-Version}}-flex_fix-1.patch &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 
  make
 
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patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-{{Libpcap-Version}}-flex_fix-1.patch &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
 
  make
 
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patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-{{Libpcap-Version}}-flex_fix-1.patch &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
 
  CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
 
  make
 
  make

Revision as of 03:27, 23 February 2008

Download Source: http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.0.0.tar.gz
Download Patch: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/patches/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0-flex_fix-1.patch

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/

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Note

Currently, compiling with Flex 2.5.34 results in a broken libpcap. A Patch is available!

Dependencies

Configuration Information

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

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-1.0.0-flex_fix-1.patch &&
./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:

patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-1.0.0-flex_fix-1.patch &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-1.0.0-flex_fix-1.patch &&
CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Install the package

make install

64Bit

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-1.0.0-flex_fix-1.patch &&
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