source: general/genlib/libpcap.xml@ 73db351a

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libpcap-download-http "http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-&libpcap-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libpcap-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sunfreeware.com/pub/freeware/SOURCES/libpcap-&libpcap-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libpcap-md5sum "56a9d4615d8354fcfe8cff8c8443c77b">
  <!ENTITY libpcap-size "299 KB">
  <!ENTITY libpcap-buildsize "2.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY libpcap-time "0.05 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libpcap" xreflabel="libpcap-&libpcap-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libpcap.html"?>
  
  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>
  
  <title>Libpcap-&libpcap-version;</title>
  
  <indexterm zone="libpcap">
    <primary sortas="a-Libpcap">Libpcap</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Libpcap</title>
    
    <para><application>libpcap</application> provides functions for user-level 
    packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring.</para>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libpcap-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libpcap-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &libpcap-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &libpcap-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &libpcap-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &libpcap-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Libpcap Dependencies</bridgehead>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><ulink url="http://www.endace.com/">DAG</ulink></para>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libpcap</title>

    <para>Install <application>libpcap</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
    
    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
    
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>Some applications, including <ulink 
      url="http://www.tcpdump.org/">tcpdump</ulink>, require 
      <option>--enable-yydebug</option> passed to <command>configure</command> 
      when building <application>libpcap</application> to enable the parser 
      debugging code. <application>tcpdump</application> will fail to build if 
      you don't pass this parameter.</para>
    </note> 
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
    
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libpcap.a</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
    
    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
    
    <varlistentry id="libpcap-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcap.a</filename></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>is a library used for user-level packet capture.</para>
        <indexterm zone="libpcap libpcap-lib">
          <primary sortas="c-libpcap">libpcap.a</primary>
        </indexterm>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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