libpcap
brew install libpcap
v1.10.6
BSD-3-Clause
keg-only
Portable library for network traffic capture
1.6k
30-day installs · #1077
5.4k
90-day · #1048
26.0k
365-day · #949
Links
- https://www.tcpdump.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libpcap.rb
Keg-only reason
:provided_by_macos
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