Re^4: Error while installing Net::Pcap on Windows Strawberry Perl

[sagarkha]

I have installed the developer pack now and i think i am very near to solve this problem:

C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Net-Pcap-0.16-A9_0Y2>perl Makefile.PL INC=-IC
+:/WpdPack/
Include "LIBS=-LC:/WpdPack/Lib -lwpcap"
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Unable to patch socket.h
looking for -lwpcap... yes
checking for pcap_lib_version() in -lwpcap... yes
detecting available functions... ok
Writing Makefile for Net::Pcap

can somebody please tell how to proceed further, if i try to install Net:Pcap through cpan i still get the same error.

  CPAN.pm: Going to build S/SA/SAPER/Net-Pcap-0.16.tar.gz

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Unable to patch socket.h
looking for -lwpcap... yes
checking for pcap_lib_version() in -lwpcap... no
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
You appear to lack the WinPcap developer pack.

If it is installed in a non-standard location, please try setting the 
+LIBS
and INC values on the command line.  For instance, if you have unziped
+ the
developer's pack in C:\WpdPack, you should execute:

    perl Makefile.PL INC=-IC:/WpdPack/Include "LIBS=-LC:/WpdPack/Lib -
+lwpcap"

Or get and install the WinPcap developer's pack from
  http://www.winpcap.org/install/
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
detecting available functions... ok
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lwpcap
Writing Makefile for Net::Pcap

[syphilis]

can somebody please tell how to proceed further

Having run

perl Makefile.PL INC=-IC:/WpdPack/Include "LIBS=-LC:/WpdPack/Lib -lwpc
+ap"

follow that with dmake test and then dmake install

I notice that you're now getting "Unable to patch socket.h", presumably because it has already been patched, so I think you can ignore that. If there's any problem with socket.h, it should show up during dmake test anyway.

If you want to be able to build it with CPAN, add C:/WpdPack/Include to the incpath setting (in perl/lib/Config_heavy.pl) and add C:/WpdPack/Lib to the libpth setting (in both perl/lib/Config_heavy.pl and perl/lib/Config.pm). I think that should work.
An alternative to messing with incpath is to simply set the CPATH envronment variable:

set CPATH=C:\WpdPack\Include

Cheers,
Rob

[sagarkha]

I tried using dmake test & through Cpan after setting set CPATH=C:\WpdPack\Include, in both cases i am getting these warning and installation fails again:

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
socket.h patched... ok
looking for -lwpcap... yes
checking for pcap_lib_version() in -lwpcap... yes
detecting available functions... ok
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Net::Pcap
cp Pcap.pm blib\lib\Net\Pcap.pm
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp  -typemap C:\Perl\lib
+\ExtUtils\
typemap -typemap typemap  Pcap.xs > Pcap.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -
+MExtUtils:
:Command -e "mv" -- Pcap.xsc Pcap.c
C:/Perl/site/bin/gcc.exe -c     -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRIC
+T -DHAVE_D
ES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_
+SYS -DUSE_
PERLIO -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-s
+trict-alia
sing -mms-bitfields -O2           -DVERSION=\"0.16\"    -DXS_VERSION=\
+"0.16\"  "
-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -DWINSOCK2_H_REQUESTED -DWPCAP -DHAVE_REMOTE -DHA
+VE_BLANK -
DHAVE_PCAP_LIB_VERSION Pcap.c
In file included from Pcap.xs:43:
stubs.inc:85:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_findalldevs() is 
+not availa
ble, but will be emulated"
In file included from Pcap.xs:43:
stubs.inc:90: error: redefinition of typedef 'pcap_if_t'
C:/WpdPack/Include/pcap/pcap.h:89: error: previous declaration of 'pca
+p_if_t' wa
s here
stubs.inc:91: error: redefinition of `struct pcap_if'
stubs.inc:113:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_breakloop() is n
+ot availab
le"
stubs.inc:127:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setnonblock() is
+ not avail
able"
stubs.inc:142:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_getnonblock() is
+ not avail
able"
stubs.inc:157:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_dump_file() is n
+ot availab
le"
stubs.inc:172:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_dump_flush() is 
+not availa
ble"
stubs.inc:187:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_list_datalinks()
+ is not av
ailable"
stubs.inc:202:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_set_datalink() i
+s not avai
lable"
stubs.inc:217:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_datalink_name_to
+_val() is
not available"
stubs.inc:232:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_datalink_val_to_
+name() is
not available"
stubs.inc:247:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_datalink_val_to_
+descriptio
n() is not available"
stubs.inc:262:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_compile_nopcap()
+ is not av
ailable"
stubs.inc:267: error: conflicting types for 'pcap_compile_nopcap'
C:/WpdPack/Include/pcap/pcap.h:319: error: previous declaration of 'pc
+ap_compile
_nopcap' was here
stubs.inc:267: error: conflicting types for 'pcap_compile_nopcap'
C:/WpdPack/Include/pcap/pcap.h:319: error: previous declaration of 'pc
+ap_compile
_nopcap' was here
stubs.inc:277:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_get_selectable_f
+d() is not
 available"
stubs.inc:292:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_next_ex() is not
+ available
"
stubs.inc:307:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendpacket() is 
+not availa
ble"
stubs.inc:322:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_createsrcstr() i
+s not avai
lable"
stubs.inc:337:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_parsesrcstr() is
+ not avail
able"
stubs.inc:352:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_open() is not av
+ailable"
stubs.inc:357: error: redefinition of `struct pcap_rmtauth'
stubs.inc:373:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setbuff() is not
+ available
"
stubs.inc:388:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setuserbuffer() 
+is not ava
ilable"
stubs.inc:403:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setmode() is not
+ available
"
stubs.inc:418:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setmintocopy() i
+s not avai
lable"
stubs.inc:433:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_alloc(
+) is not a
vailable"
stubs.inc:438: error: redefinition of `struct pcap_send_queue'
stubs.inc:444: error: redefinition of typedef 'pcap_send_queue'
C:/WpdPack/Include/Win32-Extensions.h:53: error: previous declaration 
+of 'pcap_s
end_queue' was here
stubs.inc:455:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_destro
+y() is not
 available"
stubs.inc:469:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_queue(
+) is not a
vailable"
stubs.inc:484:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_sendqueue_transm
+it() is no
t available"
stubs.inc:499:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_event() is not a
+vailable"
stubs.inc:514:2: warning: #warning "the function pcap_setsampling() is
+ not avail
able"
stubs.inc:519: error: redefinition of `struct pcap_samp'
Pcap.c: In function `XS_Net__Pcap_strerror':
Pcap.c:1584: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer targ
+et type
dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'Pcap.o'
  SAPER/Net-Pcap-0.16.tar.gz
  C:\Perl\site\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 SAPER/Net-Pcap-0.16.tar.gz                   : make NO

[syphilis]

after setting set CPATH=C:\WpdPack\Include

Well that, at least, is working - the WpdPack headers are now being found. (Btw, if you ever need to, you can set CPATH to multiple directories by separating them with a ';' same as for the PATH variable.)

If you can contact the Net::Pcap developers and tell them of these errors, they might be able to help.

It looks to me that stubs.inc is in need of some alterations. I would think that the warnings are nothing to worry about, but the 'conflicting types' and 'redefinition' errors are definite showstoppers.
I would go through stubs.inc and comment out (or remove) the code that's giving rise to these errors, but I couldn't guarantee that's the correct approach and I'm not in a position to try it out for myself.
Then, when stubs.inc has been fixed, build the module manually (ie not using cpan) as already detailed.

It looks like this bug (or something very similar) in the Net::Pcap source has already been reported about nine months ago .... getting assistance from the developer(s) is looking a bit unlikely. If you do try amending stubs.inc, and it works, you might like to update that bug report with the solution.

Cheers,
Rob