That package is not on the Fedora 9 DVD. You'll have to use yum, the GUI software installer, or download the package from the Fedora site or one of its mirrors.
I was able to build this on Fedora 9, so it's possible. I'm having unexplained problems with that build so far, but if I resolve them I'll be happy to pass along the RPM spec file I used. --- On Thu, 8/21/08, Mukom TAMON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mukom TAMON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Ntop] Regarding Installing ntop > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 8:29 AM > Search for and install libpcap-dev package > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Abhishek Singh > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Dear All, > > I downloaded the recent release of ntop (3.3.7) > from the sourceforge > > website. I followed the instruction provided in the > docs folder > > (BUILD-NTOP.txt). I did on terminal: > > *./autogen.sh* > > but it printed out an error message at the last saying > that libpcap is not > > installed. I also try to run it as root user, and even > tried the * > > ./configure* independently, but all attempt returned > the same error > > > > > ******************************************************************** > > * > > * Checking for unique options for i686-pc-linux-gnu, > gcc... > > * > > * This appears to be LINUX fedora 9 > > * > > * Testing for extra configuration options for LINUX > fedora 9 > > * > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > Test the compiler and setup CFLAGS... > > > > checking if compiler accepts -W (warning flags)... yes > > > > Critical library/include tests... > > > > checking for pcap_lookupdev in -lpcap... no > > *** FATAL ERROR *** > > It looks that you don't have the libpcap > distribution installed. > > Download, compile and, optionally, install it. > > When finished please re-run this program. > > You can download the latest source tarball at > http://www.tcpdump.org/ > > configure: error: The LBL Packet Capture Library, > libpcap, was not found! > > * > > > > I'm using Fedora 9, and when I checked out if > libpcap was installed using > > *rpm -qa | grep libpcap* it showed: > > > > *libpcap-0.9.8-2.fc9.i386 > > > > *and when i did *ls /usr/lib/ | grep libpcap*, it > showed > > > > *libpcap.so.0.9 > > libpcap.so.0.9.8 > > > > *I'm amazed to how solve this problem and Install > Ntop. I really need it > > for monitoring. I hope someone from the list could > help me with this > > problem. > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Regards, > > Abhishek Singh > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > M.A. TAMON > B.Eng, CCNP, CCNA > > "A man owns nothing, not land or money, only his > character, the loyalty & > courage in his heart" > My BLOGs: > [ICT Business Integration] - http://ibiztech.wordpress.com > [Leadership Lessons from Movies] - > http://thbs.wordpress.com > [In Search of Excellence & Perfection] - > http://perfexcellence.wordpress.com > [Technical How Tos & Stuff-at-a-Glance] - > http://techowto.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
