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Old 04-12-2009, 05:17 AM   #1
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Compiling libpcap files


// start

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pcap.h> /* GIMME a libpcap plz! */
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *dev; /* name of the device to use */
char *net; /* dot notation of the network address */
char *mask;/* dot notation of the network mask */
int ret; /* return code */
char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
bpf_u_int32 netp; /* ip */
bpf_u_int32 maskp;/* subnet mask */
struct in_addr addr;

/* ask pcap to find a valid device for use to sniff on */
dev = pcap_lookupdev(errbuf);

/* error checking */
if(dev == NULL)
{
printf("%s\n",errbuf);
exit(1);
}

/* print out device name */
printf("DEV: %s\n",dev);

/* ask pcap for the network address and mask of the device */
ret = pcap_lookupnet(dev,&netp,&maskp,errbuf);

if(ret == -1)
{
printf("%s\n",errbuf);
exit(1);
}

/* get the network address in a human readable form */
addr.s_addr = netp;
net = inet_ntoa(addr);

if(net == NULL)/* thanks Scott :-P */
{
perror("inet_ntoa");
exit(1);
}

printf("NET: %s\n",net);

/* do the same as above for the device's mask */
addr.s_addr = maskp;
mask = inet_ntoa(addr);

if(mask == NULL)
{
perror("inet_ntoa");
exit(1);
}

printf("MASK: %s\n",mask);

return 0;
}

// end

I try to compile the file (ldev.c) in fedora 7 using the command
>> gcc ldev.c -lpcap but the following errors have occcured :-

ldev.c:3:46: error: pcap.h: No such file or directory
ldev.c: In function ‘main’:
ldev.c:15: error: ‘PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ldev.c:15: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ldev.c:15: error: for each function it appears in.)
ldev.c:16: error: ‘bpf_u_int32’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ldev.c:16: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘netp’
ldev.c:17: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘maskp’
ldev.c:21: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
ldev.c:34: error: ‘netp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ldev.c:34: error: ‘maskp’ undeclared (first use in this function)

what should i do to remove the errors ?
 
Old 04-12-2009, 06:36 AM   #2
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No 'libpcap-devel' installed ? ?

Example address, find a 'libpcap-devel', that matches
the installed 'libpcap'
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3

> "Search" > > Advanced Search, Fedora 7
.....

To know the installed version :
'rpm -qa | grep libpcap'
.....
 
Old 04-12-2009, 01:08 PM   #3
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I have formatted my pc And have now installed RHEL4.

I have used the command "rpm -qa | grep libpcap"
which shows libpcap-0.8.3-10.RHEL4 .

Afterthat when I use the command "gcc ldev.c -lbcap" .
It shows something like this :

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbcap
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 
Old 04-12-2009, 01:21 PM   #4
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Quote:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbcap
The lpcap = libpcap used for linking (ld) is 'libpcap.so'
which is from the package 'libpcap-devel'

( 'pcap.h' is also in 'libpcap-devel' )

Redhat EL4 : Install 'libpcap-devel' with the package manager.
.....
 
Old 04-12-2009, 01:35 PM   #5
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when I tried to install 'libpcap-devel' with the package manager.

It says that package libcap-devel-1.10-20 is already installed .
 
Old 04-12-2009, 01:53 PM   #6
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Afterthat when I use the command "gcc ldev.c -lbcap"
It is gcc ldev.c -lpcap not -lbcap.
 
Old 04-12-2009, 02:05 PM   #7
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Thankful to colucix ,

I have corrected my error and its working fine .

when I use the command "gcc ldev.c -lbcap" and a.out
is created which I need to run as "./a.out" .

Is there a command by which I can directly get the output at
the terminal ?
 
Old 04-12-2009, 02:22 PM   #8
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Is there a command by which I can directly get the output at the terminal ?
What do you mean? Which output? The printf statements in the C code should send the output to the terminal (standard output).
 
Old 04-12-2009, 02:31 PM   #9
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yes I know that the printf in the c code will send the output to the
terminal .

but I doesn't want to run the outputfile as "./a.out" instead
I want that when I use the command "gcc ldev.c -lpcap" the output in the terminal after that should be

DEV: eth0
NET: 192.168.1.0
MASK: 255.255.255.0
 
Old 04-12-2009, 02:40 PM   #10
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gcc is just used to compile, not run programs. You could do "gcc ldev.c -lpcap; ./a.out", but that really isn't any different.
 
Old 04-12-2009, 03:24 PM   #11
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but I doesn't want to run the outputfile as "./a.out"
As Nylex already pointed out, you cannot compile and run a program at the same time. You can eventually give a different name to the executable and put it in some directory specified in your PATH, e.g. $HOME/bin. In this way you can type the name of the executable without the leading ./. For example:
Code:
$ gcc ldev.c -o $HOME/bin/ldev -lpcap
$ ldev
DEV: eth0
NET: 192.168.1.0
MASK: 255.255.255.224
 
  


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