pcap-config(1) man page

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This man page documents libpcap version 1.10.2 (see also: git master branch, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.1, 1.8.1, 1.7.4, 1.6.2, 1.5.3).

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NAME

pcap-config - write libpcap compiler and linker flags to standard output

SYNOPSIS

pcap-config [ --static ] [ --cflags | --libs | --additional-libs ]

DESCRIPTION

When run with the --cflags option, pcap-config writes to the standard output the -I compiler flags required to include libpcap's header files. When run with the --libs option, pcap-config writes to the standard output the -L and -l linker flags required to link with libpcap, including -l flags for libraries required by libpcap. When run with the --additional-libs option, pcap-config writes to the standard output the -L and -l flags for libraries required by libpcap, but not the -lpcap flag to link with libpcap itself.

By default, it writes flags appropriate for compiling with a dynamically-linked version of libpcap; the --static flag causes it to write flags appropriate for compiling with a statically-linked version of libpcap.

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP)


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