# Compile packetbeat on Centos6.8
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639 "2019-07-16T03:50:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@meng\_liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meng_liu)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/1 "2019-07-16T03:50:14Z")
I have installed libpcap in Centos6.8, but when i compile packetbeat, it occurs a error, as flows:
```auto
go build -i -ldflags "-X github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/version.buildTime=2019-07-16T03:40:29Z -X github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/version.commit=72291e21ce9b6b6fb4fc8320d2d4be24e22bf20b"
# github.com/elastic/beats/vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap_poll_linux.go:22:34: could not determine kind of name for C.TPACKET_V3
make: *** [packetbeat] Error 2
```
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### Author:  [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/2 "2019-07-16T09:15:39Z")
> [@meng\_liu](#):
>
> TPACKET\_V3
do you have `libpcap` present ?
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### Author:  [@meng\_liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meng_liu)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/3 "2019-07-16T09:18:58Z")
I have installed libpcap1.5.3 in Centos6.8! But i am very confused about this error!
```auto
[root@9861b46f9fee /]# find / -name "libpcap.*"
/usr/local/lib/libpcap.so.1.5.3
/usr/local/lib/libpcap.so.1
/usr/local/lib/libpcap.a
/usr/local/lib/libpcap.so
/root/libpcap-1.5.3/libpcap.so.1.5.3
/root/libpcap-1.5.3/Win32/Prj/libpcap.dsw
/root/libpcap-1.5.3/Win32/Prj/libpcap.dsp
/root/libpcap-1.5.3/libpcap.a
```
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### Author:  [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/4 "2019-07-16T09:27:28Z")
> [@meng\_liu](#):
>
> could not determine kind of name
it is indeed weird. have you by any chance modified sources?
the error suggests that it does not know TPACKET\_V3 struct which is part of pcap. so there's either a code error, or maybe a version mismatch.
try installing libpcap 0.8
---
### Author:  [@meng\_liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meng_liu)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/5 "2019-07-16T10:18:00Z")
But it doesn't work! I have installed libpcap 0.8.1:
Errors:
```auto
go build -i -ldflags "-X github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/version.buildTime=2019-07-16T10:05:02Z -X github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/version.commit=07ed6f1cd32d774b4470d55512fe06c57ec589cd"
# github.com/elastic/beats/vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:609:29: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_D_IN
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:611:29: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_D_INOUT
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:610:29: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_D_OUT
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:296:19: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:300:19: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_ERROR_IFACE_NOT_UP
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:298:19: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DEVICE
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:299:19: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_ERROR_PERM_DENIED
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:297:19: could not determine kind of name for C.PCAP_WARNING_PROMISC_NOTSUP
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:659:23: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_activate
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:760:19: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_can_set_rfmon
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:687:10: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_create
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:619:44: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_direction_t
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:405:8: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_free_datalinks
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:501:9: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_offline_filter
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:599:11: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_sendpacket
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:776:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_set_buffer_size
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:709:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_set_promisc
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:768:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_set_rfmon
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:696:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_set_snaplen
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:720:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_set_timeout
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:619:15: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_setdirection
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:644:31: could not determine kind of name for C.pcap_statustostr
gcc errors for preamble:
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go: In function 'pcap_set_immediate_mode':
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:35: error: 'PCAP_ERROR' undeclared (first use in this function)
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:35: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:35: error: for each function it appears in.)
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go: In function 'pcap_tstamp_type_name_to_val':
../vendor/github.com/tsg/gopacket/pcap/pcap.go:47: error: 'PCAP_ERROR' undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [packetbeat] Error 2
```
```auto
[root@052ead9c9486 usr]# find / -name "pcap*"
/usr/include/pcap.h
/usr/include/pcap-namedb.h
/usr/include/pcap-bpf.h
/usr/man/man3/pcap.3
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-linux.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap.3
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/packaging/pcap.spec
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/packaging/pcap.spec.in
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-stdinc.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-win32.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-pf.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-bpf.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-dag.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-namedb.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-bpf.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-null.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-pf.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-snoop.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-linux.o
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-snit.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-int.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-enet.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-nit.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-dlpi.c
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap.o
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-dag.h
/root/libpcap-0.8.1/pcap-nit.c
```
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### Author:  [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/6 "2019-07-16T10:20:41Z")
will try to setup the same env as you have, what version of beats are you trying to build. also do you use 32 or 64 bit version of centos.
which version of Go do you use?
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### Author:  [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/7 "2019-07-16T12:27:27Z")
ok I guess I know what the problem is. TPACKET\_V3 was introduced in kernel 3.2 but centos 6.8 uses kernel version 2.6 so it will not get compiled.
have you tried using prebuilt binary distributed as tar ball, this worked fine for me?
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### Author:  [@elan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elan)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/8 "2019-08-06T17:39:49Z")
Thanks for the solution
[tellthebell](http://elanjuli11@gmail.com)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compile-packetbeat-on-centos6-8/190639/9 "2019-09-03T17:41:31Z")
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