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Installing libpcap-devel

libpcap-devel is installed to support the network listening function of MongoDB. libpcap-devel is a network packet capture library. It provides a set of APIs to capture and process network packets on Linux. MongoDB uses this library to listen to network traffic and capture MongoDB packets.

  1. Download libpcap-devel-1.9.1-5.
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    wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/PowerTools/aarch64/os/Packages/libpcap-devel-1.9.1-5.el8.aarch64.rpm --no-check-certificate
    
  2. Install libpcap-devel.
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    yum install -y libpcap-devel-1.9.1-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
    
    • libpcap-devel is the dependency required for compiling and installing MongoDB Tools.
    • If you run the yum install command to install the RPM package, the RPM package automatically adapts to the current RPM version. You are advised to use the current installation method.