winpcap on linux

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I am trying to port an Windows executable to Linux using wine. I am at a point where I can run the executables but it returns some error saying it can't load "npf" driver. Is there a way to also port winpcap on Linux? The application I was trying to port is depending on winpcap library.

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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 23:34

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libpcap? It is the original version of pcap that was then made into winpcap...

answered Feb 15 '11 at 23:34

Dhaivat Pandya

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But the application I wanted to port to Linux only knows about winpap. If I have the source code, I might be able to changes the APIs, but I only have the executable. – user195678 Feb 15 '11 at 23:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 23:56

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winpcap depends on the custom Windows drivers to provide access to the raw streams, it's not possible to port that as-is to wine.

answered Feb 15 '11 at 23:56

so there is no way for me to port that application, which depends on winpcap, to Linux. – user195678 Feb 16 '11 at 00:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 16:52

winpcap is essentially a set of a Windows driver and two DLL's, wich enables applications to send&receive raw network packets to&from the network cards, and originally was a tool to have the same features than tcdump in Uxix/Linux in WIndows. So, maybe a solution a wrapper in Linux of the "libpcap(capture) and libnet(send)" libraries, providing a winpcap binary compatibility? Playonlinux guys can help?

winpcap on linux

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