tcpflow - doesn't compile, RPM won't install - x86_64

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I tried installing the RPM from tcpflow website.

error: Failed dependencies:
libpcap.so.0.6.2 is needed by tcpflow-0.21-1.i386

I installed libpcap1-32bit, but doesn’t help. I tried added soft-link to libpcap.so.1.0.0 from libpcap.so.0.6.2 to workaround, doesn’t help.
When I DLed the tarball, ./configure gives an error, even after including –with-pcap=/usr/lib64/libpcap.so.1.0.0

checking for --with-pcap option… configure: error: /usr/lib64/libpcap.so.1.0.0 does not exist!

I CAN’T install the rpm, I CAN’t compile from source. I can’t find this program on any suse repo. I need to use this prog – what can I do?

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Did you try

rpm -ihv package.rpm --nodeps
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Hi
Why not use wireshark, it will capture the data for you? Else grab the
src rpm from here and rebuild that;
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=tcpflow

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Try to install libpcap-devel and ./configure.

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Thanks. Good tip. Solved.

ps - how did u know it would solve it?

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libpcap-devel provides header files and symlink to libpcap library.
This is common practice to install development files for compilation.

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Can -devel be removed/deleted once compilation is complete?

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Yes. You can delete it.

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Though not sure why you feel that you need to delete afterwards, -devel packages generally contain header files, and maybe a tool or two, and usually don’t use up much disk space.