Can libpcap be compiled for iPhone/armv6?

Question

Trying to compile a basic program which uses pcap.h. I\'ve set up the environment on my Mac OSX box which uses the iPhone 3.1.3 SDK for an iPhone 3GS. I\'ve also installed l

Answer 1

pcap.c isn't the source to libpcap, it's one of the source files to libpcap. You'd have to compile all the source files and build them into a library.

Doing

CFLAGS="-I /Users/abnev/libpcap/include -arch armv6 -isysroot /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS3.1.3.sdk" ./configure

might produce a Makefile that would cross-compile libpcap for iOS.

I presume you will be installing libpcap, or the application built using it, on a jailbroken iPhone, at least if you're going to be capturing packets, because you would need root access in order for libpcap to be able to open a BPF device in order to be able to capture.