libpcap-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libpcap-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install libpcap-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libpcap-git

* (Optional) Uninstall libpcap-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libpcap-git

2. Manually Install "libpcap-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone libpcap-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpcap-git.git ~/libpcap-git

c. Go to ~/libpcap-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/libpcap-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the libpcap-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1239673
Name: libpcap-git
PackageBaseID: 124781
PackageBase: libpcap-git
Version: 1.10.4.r782.g6c6198ad-1
Description: A portable C/C++ library for network traffic capture
URL: https://www.tcpdump.org/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1502613520
LastModified: 1681199754
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libpcap-git.tar.gz