%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ <application>libpcap</application>-&libpcap-version; Introduction to <application>libpcap</application> libpcap provides functions for user-level packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libpcap-md5sum; Download size: &libpcap-size; Estimated disk space required: &libpcap-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libpcap-time; <application>libpcap</application> dependencies Optional DAG Installation of <application>libpcap</application> Install libpcap by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install Some applications, including tcpdump, require passed to configure when building libpcap to enable the parser debugging code. tcpdump will fail to build if you don't pass this parameter. Contents The libpcap package provides the libpcap library. Description libpcap libpcap is a library used for user-level packet capture.