# libdnet mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:libdnet
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libdnet
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install libdnet
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/libdnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add libdnet
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdnet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install libdnet
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdnet from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#libdnet
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libdnet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S libdnet
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: libdnet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libdnet-devel
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libdnet-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:libdnet
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.18.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Portable low-level networking library
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dnet (Alias)
- dnet-config (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.18.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

libdnet is a portable low-level networking library that wraps address manipulation, ARP and route-table access, firewalling, interface handling, tunneling, and raw packet transmission behind one API.

### Projektgeschichte

The original libdnet site is signed by Dug Song and presents the project as a small systems library for C, C++, Python, Perl, and Ruby users across BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, and Tru64. Its SourceForge-era download section listed libdnet 1.11 in January 2005 and CVS as the source-control mechanism.

The GitHub tag history preserves the older imported lineage, including DNET_1_10 in February 2005 and libdnet-1.12 in January 2007, then shows renewed maintenance under the ofalk repository with releases from 2020 onward. The 2023-2024 releases focused on modern build tooling, CMake/autotools cleanup, Python binding rebuilds, CI, and portability fixes.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The official libdnet site listed projects using it such as arpd, firewalk, fragroute, honeyd, Nmap, Scapy, Unicornscan, and other network-testing or packet-manipulation tools. That placement made libdnet part of the classic Unix security-tool stack, often paired conceptually with libpcap for capture and libnet-style packet construction.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Developers use libdnet when they need portable access to network interfaces, routes, ARP tables, filters, tunnels, or raw Ethernet/IP transmission without writing per-OS code. The package also ships `dnet` and `dnet-config`, making it useful both as a development library and as an installed build dependency for older networking tools.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

libdnet is a package-nerd fossil with real utility: it carries early-2000s network-security tooling assumptions into modern distributions. Packaging it well keeps old but still-useful packet tools buildable, especially where source has moved from SourceForge/CVS through Google Code-era references into maintained GitHub forks.

### Zeitleiste

- 2005: libdnet 1.11 listed on the official site.
- 2005: DNET_1_10 tag imported into the GitHub history.
- 2007: libdnet-1.12 tag published.
- 2020: libdnet-1.14 tag published in the maintained GitHub repository.
- 2023: 1.16.x and 1.17.0 releases modernized build support.
- 2024: 1.18.0 and 1.18.2 releases continued portability and tooling fixes.

### Related projects

- The official site names libpcap, WinPcap, pypcap, dpkt, libnet, PktFilter, and TUN/TAP drivers as related work, and lists Nmap, Scapy, honeyd, fragroute, arpd, and Unicornscan among downstream users.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet>
- <https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet/releases>
- <https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet/tags>
- <https://libdnet.sourceforge.net/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - libdnet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libdnet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - libdnet - 1.18.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdnet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- apk - libdnet-dev - 1.18.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdnet-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines (development files) | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- apk - libdnet-doc - 1.18.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdnet-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines (documentation) | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- dnf - libdnet - 1.18.0-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdnet from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Simple portable interface to lowlevel networking routines | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- dnf - libdnet-devel - 1.18.0-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdnet-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Header files for libdnet library | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- dnf - libdnet-progs - 1.18.0-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdnet-progs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Sample applications to use with libdnet | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- dnf - python3-libdnet - 1.18.0-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-libdnet from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Python bindings for libdnet | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- pacman - libdnet - 1.18.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libdnet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines | https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet
- zypper - libdnet-devel - 1.18.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libdnet-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libdnet | https://github.com/dugsong/libdnet
- zypper - libdnet1 - 1.18.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libdnet1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for Portable Interface to Low-Level Networking Routines | https://github.com/dugsong/libdnet
- MacPorts - libdnet: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/libdnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libdnet.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libdnet.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph