pcap.h not found while installing Wireshark.

jawad512 · 09-22-2008, 07:03 AM

Hi,
i have found following error while installing Wireshark.

configure: error: Header file pcap.h not found; if you installed libpcap
from source, did you also do "make install-incl", and if you installed a
binary package of libpcap, is there also a developer's package of libpcap,
and did you also install that package?

jschiwal · 09-22-2008, 07:58 AM

And? Did you install the -devel version of libpcap?

See if you have both a libpcap package and a libpcap-devel package installed. The former supplies the dynamical library. The latter supplies a static library and the header files needed to compile. So you need both packages installed.

jawad512 · 09-22-2008, 08:15 AM

thanks dear for your immediate response,

is there any other simple way?

reddazz · 09-22-2008, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jawad512

thanks dear for your immediate response,

is there any other simple way?

That is a simple way. All you need to do is

Code:

#yum -y install libpcap-devel

The "#" at the beginning of the command should not be entered. Its there to indicate that you need to be root in order to run the command.

jschiwal · 09-22-2008, 02:51 PM

You could check in your package manager and see if there is a wireshark package available. If not, check the livna repository, or search in the http://rpm.pbone.net web site. You will still need to install the regular "libpcap" library if it isn't installed yet but the package manager should pick that up for you automatically.

jawad512 · 09-23-2008, 02:27 AM

thanks reddazz,

yum works..., but how to run it?

'Installed: wireshark.i386 0:0.99.6-3.fc8' is system response,

reddazz · 09-26-2008, 05:54 AM

If yum says that wireshark is installed, then the next thing is to locate it in the menu or command line and use it.