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jo3

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Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 112

dsniff issue

I just installed dsniff 2.4b1-9 from the community repo and got this error:

dsniff: error while loading shared libraries: libpcap.so.0.9.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I fixed the issue by creating symlinks for libpcap.so.0.9.7 -> libpcap.so.0.9.8 and also libdb-4.5.so -> libdb-4.6.so

Is this a maintainer issue?

pappbox

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From: Norway

Registered: 2008-01-04

Posts: 42

Re: dsniff issue

I have the same problem.

I am still a newb and english is my 2nd language. So can you please explain this a little more understandable for me?

anrxc

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-03-22

Posts: 834

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Re: dsniff issue

I fixed the issue by creating symlinks for libpcap.so.0.9.7 -> libpcap.so.0.9.8 and also libdb-4.5.so -> libdb-4.6.so

I have the same problem.

That wasn't exactly a fix. You should get the PKGBUILD and rebuild the package so it compiles against the new/current version of the library: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg
Or update your system, dsniff package is up to date.

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You need to install an RTFM interface.

pappbox

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From: Norway

Registered: 2008-01-04

Posts: 42

Re: dsniff issue

Hmm did not solve my problem...

But perhaps I should have said that Im having problems with nmap not dsniff. It is the same error though.