The Traceroute package contains a program which is used to display the network route that packets take to reach a specified host. This is a standard network troubleshooting tool. If you find yourself unable to connect to another system, traceroute can help pinpoint the problem.
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This package overwrites the version of traceroute that was installed in the inetutils package in LFS. This version is more powerful and allows many more options than the standard version.
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.6.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 94b41044978f4f57c373adc5a32c42d7
Download size: 76 KB
Estimated disk space required: 624 KB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Install Traceroute by running the following commands:
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make prefix=/usr install && ln -sv -f traceroute /usr/bin/traceroute6 && ln -sv -f traceroute.8 /usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8 && rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/traceroute.1
The traceroute.1 file that was installed in LFS by inetutils is no longer relevant. This package overwrites that version of traceroute and installs the man page in man chapter 8.