[SOLVED] How to install libpcap version 1 on centos 5

vishesh · 10-27-2010, 10:22 AM

Dear all
I am trying to install libpcap version 1 on my centos 5.5 (which supply libpcap 0.9.4 as built in). I need libpcap>=1.0 to install snort 2.9. please guide in right direction. I tried to install by downloading source code from tcpdump.org but failed to update libpcap-0.9.4 by libpcap-1.0.0.

Thanks

unSpawn · 10-27-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by vishesh

failed to update libpcap-0.9.4 by libpcap-1.0.0.

Using Centos means first and foremost using available package management. So what exactly (post exact output) failed after you built the RPM and tried to 'yum update /path/to/libpcap-1.0.0-1.*.rpm'?

vishesh · 10-27-2010, 10:48 PM

Thanks for response
But libpcap-0.9.4 is most updated version of libpcap present in centos repository. But i need at least libpcap-1.0.0

Thanks

vishesh · 10-27-2010, 11:56 PM

Gud news , finally i did successfull installation. I downloaded source code of libpcap and snort and done manual installation, instead of using rpm.

Thanks

unSpawn · 10-28-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by vishesh

Gud news

If you say so.

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Originally Posted by vishesh

done manual installation, instead of using rpm.

Thanks

No need to thank me for anything because basically you ignored whatever I wrote.