How can I install libpcap header files on Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

When I use apt-get install libpcap I receive following message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libpcap

score 57 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '13 at 05:40

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Use this:

sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev

answered Sep 20 '13 at 05:40

oddone

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score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 18 '14 at 12:53

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to install libpcap. try these commands

cd /usr
mkdir nembuild
cd nembuild    
wget http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.5.3.tar.gz
tar -xf libpcap-1.5.3.tar.gz
cd libpcap-1.5.3
./configure
make && make install

Enjoy!!!

edited Apr 18 '14 at 12:53

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answered Apr 18 '14 at 11:49

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M.Tarun · Answer 3 · 2013-09-20T11:38:04.823

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To install libpcap open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tand type:

sudo apt-get install libpcap0.8 libpcap0.8-dev libpcap-dev

edited Sep 20 '13 at 11:38

answered Sep 20 '13 at 05:08

M.Tarun

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How can I install libpcap header files on Ubuntu 12.04?

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