"couldn't find pcap build or installation directory"

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I have installed python-pyrex and libpcap-dev.
I have tried running "make" and "sudo python setup.py config".
I keep getting the following error while trying to install pypcap1.1:
"""
make
python setup.py config 
running config
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 101, in <module>
    ext_modules = [ pcap ])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "setup.py", line 67, in run
    cPickle.dump(self._pcap_config([ self.with_pcap ]),
  File "setup.py", line 63, in _pcap_config
    raise "couldn't find pcap build or installation directory"
TypeError: exceptions must be old-style classes or derived from BaseException, 
not str
make: *** [all] Error 1
"""

I am trying to install pypcap1.1 using python 2.7.2 and Ubuntu 11.10.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by johnj...@gmail.com on 17 May 2012 at 2:30

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I got the same issue on redhat

Original comment by ravi.genius on 21 Jun 2012 at 12:53

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For build instructions for Fedora see this github ticket: 
https://github.com/hgn/captcp/issues/3 . It will probably work on RedHat as 
well.

Original comment by csir...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2012 at 8:47

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To resolve this on redhat if you are running on 64 bits its add lib64 to the 
list of libraries that are checked on setup.py.

for sd in ('lib', 'lib64',''):


You will also need to install libpcap-devel.

Original comment by ruirtsan...@gmail.com on 14 Aug 2012 at 5:20

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You may be interested in http://code.google.com/p/pypcap/issues/detail?id=40

Original comment by hell...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2012 at 12:47

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In ubuntu 14.04, pypcap can be installed directly by sudo apt-get install python-pypcap.
https://www.howtoinstall.co/en/ubuntu/precise/python-pypcap