pcap.h header file problem

Question

anyone know how to fix the problem regarding header file in ubuntu 10.10. I am executing a sniffing program which makes use of this header file. My system shows libcap package

Answer 1

sudo apt-get install libpcap0.8-dev

Answer 2

You don't have the pcap.h file in your include path. You need to add the location of pcap.h to your include path when compiling:

-I/path/to/pcap.h

Answer 3

If you are using yum, then

sudo yum install install libpcap-devel

Answer 4

If you're using linuxbrew, you can just brew install libpcap. In my case I was trying to install nethogs and it failed with this error.

Answer 5

The system won't let me correct Eric Fossum's comment, because I lack reputation. There is a typo ("libcap" vs. "libpcap") and his suggested command should read the following:

sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev