source: networking/netutils/traceroute.xml

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY traceroute-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/traceroute/traceroute-&traceroute-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-md5sum        "6599a83531ecb31275ff7906349c0970">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-size          "76 KB">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-buildsize     "624 KB">
  <!ENTITY traceroute-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="traceroute" xreflabel="Traceroute-&traceroute-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="traceroute.html"?>


  <title>Traceroute-&traceroute-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="traceroute">
    <primary sortas="a-Traceroute">Traceroute</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Traceroute</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Traceroute</application> 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.
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        This package overwrites the version of <command>traceroute</command>
        that was installed in the inetutils package in LFS. This version is
        more powerful and allows many more options than the standard version.
      </para>
    </note>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &traceroute-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &traceroute-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &traceroute-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &traceroute-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Traceroute</title>

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

<screen><userinput>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 prefix=/usr install                                 &amp;&amp;
ln -sv -f traceroute /usr/bin/traceroute6                &amp;&amp;
ln -sv -f traceroute.8 /usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8 &amp;&amp;
rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/traceroute.1</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The traceroute.1 file that was installed in LFS
      by inetutils is no longer relevant.  This package overwrites
      that version of traceroute and installs the man page in man
      chapter 8.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>traceroute and traceroute6 (symlink)</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="traceroute-prog">
        <term><command>traceroute</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            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
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="traceroute traceroute-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-traceroute">traceroute</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="traceroute6-prog">
        <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is equivalent to <command>traceroute -6</command>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="traceroute traceroute6-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>