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Re: Is my libpcap properly installed?



On Mar 1, 1:00 pm, Greg Folkert <g...@gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 23:29 -0800, anonymous wrote:
> > I am trying to compile a package which requires libpcap. When I
> > do the following:
>
> *WHAT* are you trying to compile?
>
> Don't be ashamed to tell us. We can only help you if you give us info.
>
> more than likely you need the libpcap-dev package.
>
> You should also do upgrades on any security and major patches.
>
> Remember, when you compile... usually you need the "-dev" packages.
>
> "apt-cache search libpcap dev" will give you the package name.

Thanks a lot. This really helped. I installed libpcap0.7-dev and my
compilation proceeded smoothly.

Thanks again.

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