How to Install and Uninstall libpcap-devel.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "libpcap-devel.x86_64" package

Learn how to install libpcap-devel.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcap-devel.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall libpcap-devel.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the libpcap-devel.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : libpcap-devel
Epoch : 14
Version : 1.9.1
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 144 k
Source : libpcap-1.9.1-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-codeready-builder-rpms
Summary : Libraries and header files for the libpcap library
URL : http://www.tcpdump.org
License : BSD with advertising
Description : Libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network
: monitoring. Libpcap can provide network statistics collection,
: security monitoring and network debugging. Since almost every system
: vendor provides a different interface for packet capture, the libpcap
: authors created this system-independent API to ease in porting and to
: alleviate the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules
: in each application.
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: This package provides the libraries, include files, and other
: resources needed for developing libpcap applications.