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Packetbeat: libpcap

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dawiro March 4, 2016, 2:12pm 1

Hi,
Is libpcap 0.8 still required for packet beat or is it now integrated into the distribution?

Regards,
David

tudor (Tudor Golubenco) March 4, 2016, 2:14pm 2

It's statically compiled now on all platforms except Windows. So you don't need to install it on the running system.

dawiro March 4, 2016, 2:22pm 3

Ok, the docs still show it as a prerequisite...

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