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# tcpdump installation notes
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If you have not built libpcap, and your system does not have libpcap
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installed, install libpcap first. Your system might provide a version
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of libpcap that can be installed; if so, to compile tcpdump you might
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need to install a "developer" version of libpcap as well as the
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"run-time" version. You can also install tcpdump.org's version of
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libpcap; see [this file](README.md) for the location.
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You will need a C99 compiler to build tcpdump. The build system
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will abort if your compiler is not C99 compliant. If this happens, use
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the generally available GNU C compiler (GCC) or Clang.
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After libpcap has been built (either install it with `make install` or
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make sure both the libpcap and tcpdump source trees are in the same
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directory), run `./configure` (a shell script). `configure` will
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determine your system attributes and generate an appropriate `Makefile`
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from `Makefile.in`. Now build tcpdump by running `make`.
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If everything builds ok, `su` and type `make install`. This will install
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tcpdump and the manual entry. Any user will be able to use tcpdump to
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read saved captures. Whether a user will be able to capture traffic
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depends on the OS and the configuration of the system; see the
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[tcpdump man page](https://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/tcpdump.1.html)
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for details. DO NOT give untrusted users the ability to
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capture traffic. If a user can capture traffic, he or she could use
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utilities such as tcpdump to capture any traffic on your net, including
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passwords.
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Note that most systems ship tcpdump, but usually an older version.
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Building tcpdump from source as explained above will usually install the
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binary as `/usr/local/bin/tcpdump`. If your system has other tcpdump
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binaries, you might need to deinstall these or to set the PATH environment
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variable if you need the `tcpdump` command to run the new binary
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(`tcpdump --version` can be used to tell different versions apart).
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If your system is not one which we have tested tcpdump on, you may have
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to modify the `configure` script and `Makefile.in`. Please
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[send us patches](https://www.tcpdump.org/index.html#patches)
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for any modifications you need to make.
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Please see [this file](README.md) for notes about tested platforms.
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## Description of files
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CHANGES - description of differences between releases
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CONTRIBUTING.md - guidelines for contributing
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CREDITS - people that have helped tcpdump along
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INSTALL.md - this file
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LICENSE - the license under which tcpdump is distributed
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Makefile.in - compilation rules (input to the configure script)
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README.md - description of distribution
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VERSION - version of this release
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aclocal.m4 - autoconf macros
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addrtoname.c - address to hostname routines
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addrtoname.h - address to hostname definitions
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addrtostr.c - address to printable string routines
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addrtostr.h - address to printable string definitions
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ah.h - IPSEC Authentication Header definitions
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appletalk.h - AppleTalk definitions
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ascii_strcasecmp.c - locale-independent case-independent string comparison
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routines
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atime.awk - TCP ack awk script
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atm.h - ATM traffic type definitions
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bpf_dump.c - BPF program printing routines, in case libpcap doesn't
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have them
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chdlc.h - Cisco HDLC definitions
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cpack.c - functions to extract packed data
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cpack.h - declarations of functions to extract packed data
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config.guess - autoconf support
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config.h.in - autoconf input
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config.sub - autoconf support
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configure - configure script (run this first)
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configure.ac - configure script source
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doc/README.* - some building documentation
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ethertype.h - Ethernet type value definitions
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extract.h - alignment definitions
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gmpls.c - GMPLS definitions
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gmpls.h - GMPLS declarations
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install-sh - BSD style install script
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interface.h - globals, prototypes and definitions
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ip.h - IP definitions
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ip6.h - IPv6 definitions
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ipproto.c - IP protocol type value-to-name table
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ipproto.h - IP protocol type value definitions
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l2vpn.c - L2VPN encapsulation value-to-name table
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l2vpn.h - L2VPN encapsulation definitions
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lbl/os-*.h - OS-dependent defines and prototypes
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llc.h - LLC definitions
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machdep.c - machine dependent routines
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machdep.h - machine dependent definitions
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makemib - mib to header script
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mib.h - mib definitions
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missing/* - replacements for missing library functions
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ntp.c - functions to handle ntp structs
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ntp.h - declarations of functions to handle ntp structs
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mkdep - construct Makefile dependency list
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mpls.h - MPLS definitions
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nameser.h - DNS definitions
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netdissect.h - definitions and declarations for tcpdump-as-library
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(under development)
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nfs.h - Network File System V2 definitions
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nfsfh.h - Network File System file handle definitions
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nlpid.c - OSI NLPID value-to-name table
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nlpid.h - OSI NLPID definitions
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ospf.h - Open Shortest Path First definitions
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packetdat.awk - TCP chunk summary awk script
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parsenfsfh.c - Network File System file parser routines
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pcap-missing.h - declarations of functions possibly missing from libpcap
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ppp.h - Point to Point Protocol definitions
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print.c - Top-level routines for protocol printing
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print-*.c - The netdissect printers
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rpc_auth.h - definitions for ONC RPC authentication
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rpc_msg.h - definitions for ONC RPC messages
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send-ack.awk - unidirectional tcp send/ack awk script
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slcompress.h - SLIP/PPP Van Jacobson compression (RFC1144) definitions
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smb.h - SMB/CIFS definitions
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smbutil.c - SMB/CIFS utility routines
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stime.awk - TCP send awk script
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tcp.h - TCP definitions
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tcpdump.1 - manual entry
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tcpdump.c - main program
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timeval-operations.h - timeval operations macros
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udp.h - UDP definitions
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util-print.c - utility routines for protocol printers
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```
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