Re^2: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04

alexm, Thanks for the advice. I installed the libpcap0.8-dev packages, and that seemed to eliminate some of the functions that it was having trouble finding, however, I still receive the following output:

cc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-s
+trict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE
+_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2   -DVERSION=\"0.14\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.14\" -fPIC 
+"-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"  -DHAVE_BLANK -DHAVE_PCAP_LIB_VERSION -DHA
+VE_PCAP_BREAKLOOP -DHAVE_PCAP_COMPILE_NOPCAP -DHAVE_PCAP_DATALINK_NAM
+E_TO_VAL -DHAVE_PCAP_DATALINK_VAL_TO_DESCRIPTION -DHAVE_PCAP_DATALINK
+_VAL_TO_NAME -DHAVE_PCAP_DUMP_FILE -DHAVE_PCAP_DUMP_FLUSH -DHAVE_PCAP
+_DUMP_FOPEN -DHAVE_PCAP_DUMP_FTELL -DHAVE_PCAP_FINDALLDEVS -DHAVE_PCA
+P_FOPEN_OFFLINE -DHAVE_PCAP_FREEALLDEVS -DHAVE_PCAP_GETNONBLOCK -DHAV
+E_PCAP_GET_SELECTABLE_FD -DHAVE_PCAP_INJECT -DHAVE_PCAP_LIB_VERSION -
+DHAVE_PCAP_LIST_DATALINKS -DHAVE_PCAP_NEXT_EX -DHAVE_PCAP_OPEN_DEAD -
+DHAVE_PCAP_SENDPACKET -DHAVE_PCAP_SETDIRECTION -DHAVE_PCAP_SETNONBLOC
+K -DHAVE_PCAP_SET_DATALINK Pcap.c
In file included from Pcap.xs:43:
stubs.inc:322:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_createsrcstr() i
+s not available"
stubs.inc:337:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_parsesrcstr() is
+ not available"
stubs.inc:352:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_open() is not av
+ailable"
stubs.inc:373:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setbuff() is not
+ available"
stubs.inc:388:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setuserbuffer() 
+is not available"
stubs.inc:403:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setmode() is not
+ available"
stubs.inc:418:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setmintocopy() i
+s not available"
stubs.inc:433:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_alloc(
+) is not available"
stubs.inc:455:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_destro
+y() is not available"
stubs.inc:469:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_queue(
+) is not available"
stubs.inc:484:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_transm
+it() is not available"
stubs.inc:499:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_event() is not a
+vailable"
stubs.inc:514:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setsampling() is
+ not available"
Pcap.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Pcap_strerror’:
Pcap.c:1386: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer targ
+et type
Running Mkbootstrap for Net::Pcap ()
chmod 644 Pcap.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.so
cc  -shared -L/usr/local/lib Pcap.o  -o blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.s
+o     \
       -lpcap      \
      
chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.so
cp Pcap.bs blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.bs
chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.bs
cp bin/pcapinfo blib/script/pcapinfo
/usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::MY" -e "MY->fixin(shift)" blib/script/pcapi
+nfo
Manifying blib/man1/pcapinfo.1p
Manifying blib/man3/Net::Pcap.3pm
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Incidentally, I just tried to compile/install the Net-Libnet-0.01_04 and it seemed to work fine. Earlier this was complaining about Net::Pcap as well, so maybe version 0.8 helped that.

I do still need Net::Pcap0.14 though, because Net-Write-1.03 requires at least Net::Pcap0.12 from the following output when running "perl Makefile.PL":

Warning: prerequisite Net::Pcap 0.12 not found. We have 0.04.
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Also, (maybe this will be helpful in that the problem is related) I get the following output when trying to run "perl Makefile.PL" for Net-Libdnet-0.01:

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ldnet
Writing Makefile for Net::Libdnet
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And when trying to run "sudo make" for the same module:

cp Libdnet.pm blib/lib/Net/Libdnet.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Net/Libdnet.pm (blib/lib/auto/Net/Libdnet)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share
+/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap  Libdnet.xs > Libdnet.xsc && mv Libdnet.xs
+c Libdnet.c
cc -c  -I/usr/local/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_
+PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARG
+EFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2   -DVERSION=\"0.01\" -DXS_VER
+SION=\"0.01\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Libdnet.c
Libdnet.xs:35:18: error: dnet.h: No such file or directory
Libdnet.xs:37: warning: ‘struct intf_entry’ declared inside parameter 
+list
Libdnet.xs:37: warning: its scope is only this definition or declarati
+on, which is probably not what you want
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘intf2hash’:
Libdnet.xs:50: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:58: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:66: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:74: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:82: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:91: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:91: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without 
+a cast
Libdnet.xs:95: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:95: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘Perl_newSVpv’ makes poi
+nter from integer without a cast
Libdnet.xs:105: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:105: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
Libdnet.xs:109: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:109: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘Perl_newSVpv’ makes po
+inter from integer without a cast
Libdnet.xs:119: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:119: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
Libdnet.xs:123: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Libdnet.xs:123: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘Perl_newSVpv’ makes po
+inter from integer without a cast
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_addr_cmp’:
Libdnet.xs:144: error: storage size of ‘SadA’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:144: error: storage size of ‘SadB’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_addr_bcast’:
Libdnet.xs:188: error: storage size of ‘SadAd’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:188: error: storage size of ‘SadBc’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:208: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_addr_net’:
Libdnet.xs:226: error: storage size of ‘SadAd’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:226: error: storage size of ‘SadBc’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:246: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_arp_add’:
Libdnet.xs:264: error: ‘arp_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:264: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only on
+ce
Libdnet.xs:264: error: for each function it appears in.)
Libdnet.xs:264: error: ‘AtArp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:265: error: storage size of ‘SarEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:266: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:293: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs:303: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_arp_delete’:
Libdnet.xs:327: error: ‘arp_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:327: error: ‘AtArp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:328: error: storage size of ‘SarEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:329: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:352: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_arp_get’:
Libdnet.xs:376: error: ‘arp_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:376: error: ‘AtArp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Libdnet.xs:377: error: storage size of ‘SarEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:378: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:401: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs:410: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_intf_get’:
Libdnet.xs:433: error: ‘intf_t’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:433: error: ‘ItIntf’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:434: error: storage size of ‘SieEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:457: error: ‘INTF_NAME_LEN’ undeclared (first use in this f
+unction)
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_intf_get_src’:
Libdnet.xs:478: error: ‘intf_t’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:478: error: ‘ItIntf’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:479: error: storage size of ‘SieEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:480: error: storage size of ‘SaAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_intf_get_dst’:
Libdnet.xs:529: error: ‘intf_t’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:529: error: ‘ItIntf’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.xs:530: error: storage size of ‘SieEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:531: error: storage size of ‘SaAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_route_add’:
Libdnet.xs:580: error: ‘route_t’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:580: error: ‘RtRoute’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:581: error: storage size of ‘SrtEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:582: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:609: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs:619: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_route_delete’:
Libdnet.xs:643: error: ‘route_t’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:643: error: ‘RtRoute’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:644: error: storage size of ‘SrtEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:645: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:668: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_route_get’:
Libdnet.xs:692: error: ‘route_t’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:692: error: ‘RtRoute’ undeclared (first use in this functio
+n)
Libdnet.xs:693: error: storage size of ‘SrtEntry’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:694: error: storage size of ‘SadAddr’ isn’t known
Libdnet.xs:717: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete t
+ype ‘struct addr’ 
Libdnet.xs:726: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without
+ a cast
make: *** [Libdnet.o] Error 1
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All of this starts with the fact that I am trying to install Net-Packet-3.26. When running "perl Makefile.PL" for this module, I receive the following output:

WARNING: LICENSE is not a known parameter.
Warning: prerequisite Net::Libdnet 0 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Net::Pcap 0.12 not found. We have 0.04.
Warning: prerequisite Net::Write 1.00 not found.
'LICENSE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name.
Writing Makefile for Net::Packet
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Thank you all for your time you are spending on this issue.

-Barret

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Re^3: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by alexm (Chaplain) on Jul 22, 2008 at 00:12 UTC
Those warnings above are not errors; they just warn you that some functionality may not be added. If you run `make test` after `make` and all tests are successful, then everything should be fine. You can see that the Makefile targets were actually made: `... chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.so cp Pcap.bs blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.bs chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Net/Pcap/Pcap.bs cp bin/pcapinfo blib/script/pcapinfo /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::MY" -e "MY->fixin(shift)" blib/script/pcapi +nfo Manifying blib/man1/pcapinfo.1p Manifying blib/man3/Net::Pcap.3pm` [download] BTW, there's no need to `sudo make` unless you need to install the Makefile targets, i.e. `sudo make install`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by bpa (Novice) on Jul 22, 2008 at 02:10 UTC
Thank you so much for all your help. I have gotten the Net::Packet module working. I just ignored the error from the "make test" step for Net::Pcap because upon further scrutiny, I noticed that it was looking for something that wasn't there: `t/03-openlive.......NOK 13# at t/03-openlive.t line 70. + # 'SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device' # doesn't match '/^(?:bind\|ioctl): (?:No such device)/'` [download] The regular expression seems to be looking only for bind or ioctl instead of the SIOCGIFHWADDR at the begining of the string. I went ahead with the "sudo make install" step and then ran my test packet sniffing script and it worked fine.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by bpa (Novice) on Jul 22, 2008 at 00:37 UTC
alexm, Thanks again. I had wondered about whether the warnings were really critical or not, so thanks for that. I usually never sudo until the install step, and most of the time it is fine, except in this case I got the error: touch: cannot touch `Pcap.bs': Permission denied [download] when running make, so that is why I used sudo. After that I just got somewhat paranoid that maybe not being root was causing some of my problems, and I just decided to sudo with everything figuring it couldn't hurt. I took you suggestion to go ahead and run "make test" and I get the following: PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h +arness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/00-load...........# Testing Net::Pcap 0.14 under Perl 5.008008 t/00-load...........ok + t/01-api............ok + t/02-lookup.........ok + t/03-openlive.......ok 1/14 + # Failed test ' - $err must be set: SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device' # at t/03-openlive.t line 70. t/03-openlive.......NOK 13# 'SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such +device' # doesn't match '/^(?:bind\|ioctl): (?:No such device)/' # Looks like you failed 1 test of 14. t/03-openlive.......dubious + Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) DIED. FAILED test 13 Failed 1/14 tests, 92.86% okay t/04-loop...........ok 1/195 [download] It just hangs there. It looks like maybe it can't find my network device?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by alexm (Chaplain) on Jul 22, 2008 at 07:49 UTC
It seems an error in Net-Pcap-0.14 since I tried Net-Pcap-0.16 and that error is gone. While performing tests as root (needed for several of them), I even got unexpected successful results with 0.16: `All tests successful (9 subtests UNEXPECTEDLY SUCCEEDED), 9 tests and +93 subtests skipped. Files=30, Tests=1609, 315 wallclock secs ( 1.07 cusr + 0.15 csys = 1 +.22 CPU)` [download] Please, note that some tests take quite time to finish, hence the 315 wallclock secs.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 06, 2008 at 15:30 UTC
you only need to install from synaptic libnet-pcap-perl This package contains Net::Pcap module. Buckaroo. Argentina	[reply]
Re^3: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Jul 21, 2008 at 23:41 UTC
Have a look at this reply: Re^3: problems with libdnet module in this thread: problems with libdnet module. Replacing `dnet.h` with `dumbnet.h` might solve the problem.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Need help compiling Net::Pcap on Ubuntu 8.04 by bpa (Novice) on Jul 22, 2008 at 00:05 UTC
pc88mxer, Thanks again. I really appreciate the wisdom. I had looked at that thread before, and I got confused because I thought the package might have changed for Ubuntu. The reason for my confusion is that there is the libdumbnet-dev and also simply libdnet-dev. In libdnet-dev, the header file is also not named, "dnet.h", but instead, "dn.h". I attemped to "adapt" the steps in the other thread to the libdnet-dev package, and I failed miserably. I just ran it exactly as it says to with the libdumbnet-dev package, and the install for Net-Libdnet-0.01 went smoothly. That is one dependency down. On my first post topic, the Monastery is already proving to be invaluable.	[reply]


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