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@@ -12,9 +12,27 @@ the generally available GNU C compiler (GCC) or Clang. After libpcap has been built (either install it with `make install` or make sure both the libpcap and tcpdump source trees are in the same -directory), run `./configure` (a shell script). `configure` will +directory), do the following steps: + +* If you build from a git clone rather than from a release archive, +run `./autogen.sh` (a shell script). The autogen.sh script will +build the `configure` and `config.h.in` files. + +On some system, you may need to set the `AUTORECONF` variable, like: +`AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 ./autogen.sh` +to select the `autoreconf` version you want to use. + +* Run `./configure` (a shell script). The configure script will determine your system attributes and generate an appropriate `Makefile` -from `Makefile.in`. Now build tcpdump by running `make`. +from `Makefile.in`. The configure script has a number of options to +control the configuration of tcpdump; `./configure --help` will show +them. + +* Next, build tcpdump by running `make`. + +On OpenBSD, you may need to set, before the `make`, the `AUTOCONF_VERSION` +variable like: +`AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69 make` If everything builds ok, `su` and type `make install`. This will install tcpdump and the manual entry. Any user will be able to use tcpdump to @@ -62,15 +80,14 @@ ascii_strcasecmp.c - locale-independent case-independent string comparison routines atime.awk - TCP ack awk script atm.h - ATM traffic type definitions +autogen.sh - build configure and config.h.in (run this first) bpf_dump.c - BPF program printing routines, in case libpcap doesn't have them chdlc.h - Cisco HDLC definitions cpack.c - functions to extract packed data cpack.h - declarations of functions to extract packed data config.guess - autoconf support -config.h.in - autoconf input config.sub - autoconf support -configure - configure script (run this first) configure.ac - configure script source doc/README.* - some building documentation ethertype.h - Ethernet type value definitions |