%general-entities; ]> $Date$ Traceroute The Traceroute 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. This package overwrites the version of traceroute that was installed in the inetutils package in LFS. This version is more powerful and allows many more options than the standard version. &lfs110a_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &traceroute-md5sum; Download size: &traceroute-size; Estimated disk space required: &traceroute-buildsize; Estimated build time: &traceroute-time; User Notes: Install Traceroute by running the following commands: make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make prefix=/usr install && ln -sv -f traceroute /usr/bin/traceroute6 && ln -sv -f traceroute.8 /usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8 && rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/traceroute.1 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. Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories traceroute and traceroute6 (symlink) None None Short Descriptions traceroute 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 traceroute traceroute6 is equivalent to traceroute -6 traceroute6