Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Traceroute-2.0.20

Introduction to Traceroute

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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Note

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.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/traceroute

Installation of Traceroute

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 &&
mv /usr/bin/traceroute /bin &&
ln -sv -f traceroute /bin/traceroute6 &&
ln -sv -f traceroute.8 /usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8

Use man 8 traceroute and/or man 8 traceroute6, because man traceroute refer to the overwritten version installed in LFS by inetutils.

Contents

Installed Program: traceroute and traceroute6 (symlink)
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

traceroute

does basically what it says: it traces the route your packets take from the host you are working on to another host on a network, showing all the intermediate hops (gateways) along the way.

traceroute6

is equivalent to traceroute -6.

Last updated on 2014-08-25 13:50:07 -0700