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1# Compiling tcpdump on NetBSD
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3NetBSD has two libpcap libraries: one that is always installed as a part of the
4OS and another that can be installed as a package from pkgsrc.  Also the usual
5method of compiling with the upstream libpcap in `../libpcap` is available.
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7GCC, Clang, Autoconf and CMake are presumed to work, if this is not the case,
8please report a bug as explained in the
9[guidelines for contributing](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
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11## NetBSD 9.3
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13* Upstream libpcap works.
14* OS libpcap works.
15* pkgsrc libpcap works.
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17## NetBSD 9.2, 9.1 and 9.0
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19* Upstream libpcap works.
20* OS libpcap cannot be used due to
21  [this bug](https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=55901).
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