commit 7922996705d45d69d7cf83e2478801d49bf5fb4b
parent 452faae94ad3db47d59925452d27c3c868c467fb
Author: Jordan Ritter <jpr5@darkridge.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:16:26 +0000
add a note about some distributions separating the libpcap library
from the development headers
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.txt b/doc/INSTALL.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ In orer to compile ngrep on any platform, the relevant packet capture
On UNIX, this is called ``libpcap'' and can be installed either from
source or from a distribution's particular package management system.
+Some distributions separate the library itself from its development
+headers (i.e. libpcap-devel), so make sure to install both if this is
+the case.
On Windows, the client support library is called ``WinPcap Developer's
Pack'' and should be unpacked inside the parent directory of the ngrep