> On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 01:42:21PM -0800, Edward Gibbs wrote:
>> Just installed Linux (Apollo build) and the configure script fails.
>> Everything passes except when it checks for net/bpf.h which doesn't seem to
>> exist. Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> You have to install libpcap, as per step #2 below.
>
> --gilbert
Actually, I assume he's using Red Hat Linux 5.2 (It's kind of impolite to
reference it as Linux 5.2...Red Hat 5.2 would be better.) Which probably has
libpcap already installed. Something like `CC=gcc -I/usr/include/pcap;export
CC' would probaly fix his configure problem. There is an ethereal RPM by
someone that has made the appropriate adjustment to the .spec file to get it to
work right. I've always liked Red Hat, but this is one gripe I have about
them...I just don't understand whatever logic dictated that they install
libpcap in such an odd directory.
On another note, I have made an RPM with the ethereal-developers (don't
remember which ones did the patch...) supplied patch to fix the libpcap
timeout problem.
I posted on the redhat developers list about the odd location for the pcap
header files and the possibility of including the patch for libpcap, but they
were not in the mood to comment one way or the other...
If there is an appropriate place, I could upload the patched source and binary
RPMS for libpcap, ethereal, etc...or I could work something out if someone
wanted me to send them a copy.
Dennis
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