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By Del Griffith in Del Griffith's Diary
Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 11:12:01 PM EST
Tags: linux, desktop, year of the, nerdgasim, software, etc (all tags)

root@debian:/usr/src/libpcap-1.2.1# apt-get install libpcap0.8-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libpcap0.8-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
libpcap0.8

E: Package 'libpcap0.8-dev' has no installation candidate

FUCK YOU LINUX

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linux | 7 comments (7 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

lol (3.00 / 2) (#1)
by osm on Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 11:24:27 PM EST

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im just building from source by Del Griffith, 02/28/2012 11:25:41 PM EST (none / 0)

um (none / 1) (#3)
by cockskin horsesuit on Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 11:26:00 PM EST

so install libpcap0.8 instead?

wtf do you need to capture packets for anyway?

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO FUCKING HARD?

its already installed by Del Griffith, 02/28/2012 11:33:38 PM EST (none / 0)

naturally by Del Griffith, 02/29/2012 12:13:09 AM EST (none / 0)

Ubuntu does this on a regular basis (none / 1) (#6)
by Zombie Jesus Christ on Wed Feb 29, 2012 at 02:47:04 AM EST

i would have thought by now the maintainers would have some tool that walks the whole web of dependencies looking for anything that's missing.

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Idiot (3.00 / 4) (#7)
by Vampire Zombie Abu Musab al Zarqawi on Wed Feb 29, 2012 at 04:03:25 AM EST

Don't use Testing if you don't understand what Testing is. Add Sid to your sources.list and install with apt-get -t sid install libpcap0.8-dev.

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