Hey, i want install bandwitdthd on slackware 10.2 and i run this comannd
/usr/sbin/bandwidthd and become this
bandwidthd: error while loading shared libraries: libpcap.so.0.8.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Where i can get this libpcap.so.0.8.3 ? Can i use rpm2tgz ?

you just need to install libpcap however you see fit. you acn get the source from their homepage via google.

I install source libpcap 0.8.3 from http://www.tcpdump.org/ , i make ./configure && make & make install - all past without errors, but my bandwidthd get same error, any idea ? thanx

Where is the file?
/usr/locale/lib ?

If yes then redo this:
make clean
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/ --prefix=/usr/
make
make install

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Sorry, but slocate libpcap.so.0.8.3 get nothing. Wo i can get libpcap.so.0.8.3 on Slackware. When i install from source libpcap (www.tcpdump.org), have just libpcap.a . Thanx

I solved problem: i deleted all with bandwithd and libpcap, and install new. Thanx

You were quicker than me. This old version doesn't seem to generate shared lib, then do it manually

Hi guyes
This won,t work for me. I am using redhat 9.0.
Please help me out

Thnks

dude, do you really think we can help you if you only say "it doesn't work"?? you need to provide soem acutal information about what's going on.

Sorry!
Actual information is I want to setup VPN server on linux (Redhat 9). This pakage needs libpcap.so.0.8.3. I downloaded the same from tcpdump.org. and done the following
./configure
make
make install

After this use modprobe to libpcap it shows the older version which is not useful to me..

Also I was tried
./configure
make
ld -shared -o libpcap.so.0.8.3 *.o
mv libcap.so.0.8.3 /usr/lib
ldconfig
But this even not changed the modprobe output.
Hope this is enough information if not tell me what else information u want..........