glfs/networking/netutils/traceroute.xml
Bruce Dubbs 386872ce88 Update to traceroute-2.0.18
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY traceroute-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/traceroute/traceroute-&traceroute-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY traceroute-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY traceroute-md5sum "b7254149b7f081cce07f4b9e065ba5ef">
<!ENTITY traceroute-size "72 KB">
<!ENTITY traceroute-buildsize "556 KB">
<!ENTITY traceroute-time "Less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="traceroute" xreflabel="Traceroute-&traceroute-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="traceroute.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Traceroute-&traceroute-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="traceroute">
<primary sortas="a-Traceroute">Traceroute</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Traceroute</title>
<para>The <application>Traceroute</application> 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.</para>
&lfs70_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&traceroute-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &traceroute-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &traceroute-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &traceroute-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &traceroute-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/traceroute"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Traceroute</title>
<para>Install <application>Traceroute</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>traceroute</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="traceroute-prog">
<term><command>traceroute</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>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.</para>
<indexterm zone="traceroute traceroute-prog">
<primary sortas="b-traceroute">traceroute</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>