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error installing ettercap; libpcap not found


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I have donloaded the latest ver of ettercap and tried to compile it.

 

Whenenver I have tried to ./configure itgive an error libpcacp not found, though libpcap is instaled by default

 

The latest version of ettereal is working which uses libpcap

 

Please help

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Ettercap probably expects libpcacp (.so???) at an other place then where Mandrake installed it. You can try making a symbolic link form the Mandrake installed libcpcap to where ettercap wants it. (ln -s /usr/bin/libpcap.so????? /usr/local/bin???????????/libpcap). Look in the error output for clues where to put the link

 

Good luck.

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the issue is that you're compiling it you need the libraries/sources, not just the final compiled version. try installing libpcap-devel and then do the ./configure. you may find you'll need other -devel packages, too.

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actually, yours could apply to ./configure too - but i don't think it does, in this specific case. ./configure wants to make sure you have all the libraries it requires before it compiles anything. errors during make are usually a result of bad or incompatable code.

 

you can also sometimes specify what directories to look in, but usually ./configure will check all the directories in your environment that could be pertinent (i.e. /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, etc).

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