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Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -07001# ndn-tools Build Instructions
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3This document describes how to build and install ndn-tools.
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5## Prerequisites
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Eric Newberry82ea0fa2016-12-28 21:44:44 -07007- Install the [ndn-cxx](https://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/) library and its prerequisites.
8 Please see [Getting Started with ndn-cxx](https://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/INSTALL.html)
9 for how to install ndn-cxx.
10 Note: If you have installed ndn-cxx from a binary package, please make sure development headers
11 are installed (if using Ubuntu PPA, `ndn-cxx-dev` package is needed).
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Eric Newberry82ea0fa2016-12-28 21:44:44 -070013 Any operating system and compiler supported by ndn-cxx is supported by ndn-tools.
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15- ``libpcap``
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Davide Pesaventof66e40a2018-11-21 17:53:42 -050017 Comes with the base system on macOS.
Eric Newberry82ea0fa2016-12-28 21:44:44 -070018
19 On Ubuntu:
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23 sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
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25## Build Steps
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Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -070027To configure, compile, and install ndn-tools, type the following commands
28in ndn-tools source directory:
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30 ./waf configure
31 ./waf
32 sudo ./waf install
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34To uninstall ndn-tools:
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36 sudo ./waf uninstall