source: general/genlib/libpcap.xml@ a92671e

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<!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">
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<sect1 id="libpcap" xreflabel="libpcap-&libpcap-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>

<?dbhtml filename="libpcap.html"?>
<title><application>libpcap</application>-&libpcap-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="libpcap">
  <primary sortas="a-libpcap">libpcap</primary>
</indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>libpcap</application></title>

<para><application>libpcap</application> provides functions for user-level 
packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libpcap</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><ulink url="http://www.endace.com/">DAG</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>libpcap</application></title>

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

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

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role="root"><command>make install</command></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>
<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"?>

<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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