How To Install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libpcap-devel is Libraries and header files for the libpcap library
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libpcap-devel
Libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Libpcap can provide network statistics collection, security monitoring and network debugging. Since almost every system vendor provides a different interface for packet capture, the libpcap authors created this system-independent API to ease in porting and to alleviate the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules in each application. This package provides the libraries, include files, and other resources needed for developing libpcap applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpcap-devel.
Install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libpcap-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpcap-devel
Install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libpcap-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpcap-devel
How To Uninstall libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libpcap-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpcap-devel
libpcap-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/pcap-config
/usr/include/pcap
/usr/include/pcap-bpf.h
/usr/include/pcap-namedb.h
/usr/include/pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap/bluetooth.h
/usr/include/pcap/bpf.h
/usr/include/pcap/can_socketcan.h
/usr/include/pcap/compiler-tests.h
/usr/include/pcap/dlt.h
/usr/include/pcap/funcattrs.h
/usr/include/pcap/ipnet.h
/usr/include/pcap/namedb.h
/usr/include/pcap/nflog.h
/usr/include/pcap/pcap-inttypes.h
/usr/include/pcap/pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap/sll.h
/usr/include/pcap/socket.h
/usr/include/pcap/usb.h
/usr/include/pcap/vlan.h
/usr/lib/libpcap.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpcap.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/pcap-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_activate.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_breakloop.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_can_set_rfmon.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_close.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_compile.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_create.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_name_to_val.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_description.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_name.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dispatch.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_close.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_file.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_flush.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_fopen.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_open.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_file.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fileno.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_findalldevs.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fopen_offline.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_free_datalinks.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_free_tstamp_types.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_freealldevs.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_freecode.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_required_select_timeout.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_selectable_fd.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_geterr.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_getnonblock.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_inject.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_is_swapped.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lib_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_list_datalinks.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_list_tstamp_types.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lookupnet.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_loop.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_major_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_minor_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_next.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_next_ex.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_offline_filter.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_dead.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_live.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_offline.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_perror.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_sendpacket.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_buffer_size.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_datalink.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_immediate_mode.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_promisc.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_protocol_linux.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_rfmon.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_snaplen.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_timeout.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_tstamp_type.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setdirection.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setfilter.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_snapshot.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_stats.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_statustostr.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_strerror.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_name_to_val.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_val_to_description.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_val_to_name.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pcap-savefile.5.gz
/usr/bin/pcap-config
/usr/include/pcap
/usr/include/pcap-bpf.h
/usr/include/pcap-namedb.h
/usr/include/pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap/bluetooth.h
/usr/include/pcap/bpf.h
/usr/include/pcap/can_socketcan.h
/usr/include/pcap/compiler-tests.h
/usr/include/pcap/dlt.h
/usr/include/pcap/funcattrs.h
/usr/include/pcap/ipnet.h
/usr/include/pcap/namedb.h
/usr/include/pcap/nflog.h
/usr/include/pcap/pcap-inttypes.h
/usr/include/pcap/pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap/sll.h
/usr/include/pcap/socket.h
/usr/include/pcap/usb.h
/usr/include/pcap/vlan.h
/usr/lib64/libpcap.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libpcap.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/pcap-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_activate.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_breakloop.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_can_set_rfmon.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_close.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_compile.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_create.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_name_to_val.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_description.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_description_or_dlt.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_datalink_val_to_name.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dispatch.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_close.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_file.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_flush.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_fopen.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_ftell.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_dump_open.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_file.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fileno.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_findalldevs.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fopen_offline.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_fopen_offline_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_free_datalinks.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_free_tstamp_types.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_freealldevs.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_freecode.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_required_select_timeout.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_selectable_fd.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_get_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_geterr.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_getnonblock.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_inject.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_is_swapped.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lib_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_list_datalinks.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_list_tstamp_types.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lookupdev.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_lookupnet.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_loop.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_major_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_minor_version.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_next.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_next_ex.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_offline_filter.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_dead.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_dead_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_live.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_offline.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_perror.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_sendpacket.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_buffer_size.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_datalink.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_immediate_mode.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_promisc.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_protocol_linux.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_rfmon.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_snaplen.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_timeout.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_tstamp_precision.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_set_tstamp_type.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setdirection.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setfilter.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_setnonblock.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_snapshot.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_stats.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_statustostr.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_strerror.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_name_to_val.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_val_to_description.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap_tstamp_type_val_to_name.3pcap.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pcap-savefile.5.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.