ndn-tools Build Instructions

This document describes how to build and install ndn-tools.

Prerequisites

  • Install the ndn-cxx library and its prerequisites. Please see Getting Started with ndn-cxx for how to install ndn-cxx. Note: If you have installed ndn-cxx from a binary package, please make sure development headers are installed (if using Ubuntu PPA, ndn-cxx-dev package is needed).

    Any operating system and compiler supported by ndn-cxx is supported by ndn-tools.

  • libpcap

    Comes with the base system on OS X and macOS.

    On Ubuntu:

    ::

     sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
    

Build Steps

Waf meta build system is used by ndn-tools.

To configure, compile, and install ndn-tools, type the following commands in ndn-tools source directory:

./waf configure
./waf
sudo ./waf install

To uninstall ndn-tools:

sudo ./waf uninstall