How can I install libpcap header files on Ubuntu 12.04?
When I use apt-get install libpcap
I receive following message:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libpcap
Use this:
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
to install libpcap. try these commands
cd /usr
mkdir nembuild
cd nembuild
wget http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.5.3.tar.gz
tar -xf libpcap-1.5.3.tar.gz
cd libpcap-1.5.3
./configure
make && make install
Enjoy!!!
To install libpcap open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tand type:
sudo apt-get install libpcap0.8 libpcap0.8-dev libpcap-dev
libpcap-dev
depends on libpcap0.8-dev
and itself depends on libpcap0.8
. So libpcap0.8
is redundant.
libpcap
. It useslibpcap
to capture network packets.