Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] ./configure: net/bpf.h not found

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From: "Don Lafontaine (TELECOM)" <lafont02@xxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:04:03 -0500 (EST)
You need libpcap installed.  

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Jeroen Schaap wrote:

> 
> I saw the announcement at freshmeat, so I downloaded etherreal and started
> to configure.
> 
> But, ./configure can't find net/bpf.h and halts
> It is right, of course. I can't find that file in my header files - I just
> have upgraded to 2.0.36. Also in 2.0.34 I cannot find the file... I dunno
> about other versions.
> 
> What's the matter here?
> 
> (I'd appreciate any replies in my mailbox-- I'm not subscribed to your
> list...)
> 
> Jeroen
> 
> Dumped blabla from ./condigure:
> 
> ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking to see if we can add '-Wall' to CFLAGS... yes
> checking for gtk-config... /usr/bin/gtk-config
> checking for GTK - version >= 1.0.0... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for net/bpf.h... no
> configure: error: Header file net/bpf.h not found.
> 
> 
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