I can't find a libpcap-devel package for slackware

zambuka42 · 04-04-2007, 10:35 PM

If anyone knows where i can grab this.. i'd be much obliged.

-b

Xian · 04-04-2007, 10:44 PM

Slack doesn't use devel packages like many .rpm and .deb based Linux distros.

rworkman · 04-04-2007, 10:53 PM

The tcpdump package contains the pcap headers.
As Xian indicated, Slackware does not split packages up into -bin, -devel, -doc, -libs, and so on (except in the rare instance that upstream does so - think Xorg).

H_TeXMeX_H · 04-04-2007, 10:54 PM

See ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

zambuka42 · 04-05-2007, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

The tcpdump package contains the pcap headers.
As Xian indicated, Slackware does not split packages up into -bin, -devel, -doc, -libs, and so on (except in the rare instance that upstream does so - think Xorg).

Thanks for the info. I will try that. I am trying to install aircrack-ptw. But I get an error during the make. I was told that I need to install the libpcap development libraries. I installed libpcap-0.8.1 but still got the error. Would installing the tcpdump package be different, or should that have worked? Thanks for the replies

zambuka42 · 04-05-2007, 01:36 AM

Ok, I figured it out. In the Makefile, the gcc line WAS linking to the libpcap (-lpcap), but I had to move the "-lpcap" to the end of the line! Thanks for your help.