Pcapy-NG is a Python extension module that enables software written in Python to access the routines from the pcap packet capture library. It is a replacement of Pcapy, which is not maintained any more and stopped working altogether on Python3.10 (Issue).
From libpcap's documentation: "Libpcap is a system-independent interface for user-level packet capture. Libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc."
Grab the latest stable release, unpack it and run python setup.py install from the directory where you placed it. Isn't that easy?
- A Python interpreter. Versions 2.1.3 and newer are known to work.
- A C++ compiler. GCC G++ 2.95, as well as Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, are known to work.
- Libpcap 0.7.2 or newer. Windows user are best to check WinPcap 3.0 or newer.
As this extension is written in C++ it needs to be compiled for the
host system before it can be accessed from Python. Fortunately this
process has been made easy by the setup.py script. In order to compile
and install the source execute the following command from the
directory where the pcapy's distribution has been unpacked: 'python
setup.py install'. This will install the extension into the default
Python's modules path; note that you might need special permissions to
write there. For more information on what commands and options are
available from setup.py, run python setup.py --help-commands.
This extension has been tested under Linux and Windows systems and is known to work there, but it ought to work out-of-the-box on any system where Python and libpcap are available.
This software is provided under under the Apache Software License. See the accompanying LICENSE file for more information.
Whether you want to report a bug, send a patch or give some
suggestions on this package, drop a few lines at
miroslav@sqlmap.org.