To compile pcapsipdump under solaris10, you need: - gcc3 - libpcap both can be installed from blastwave (http://www.blastwave.org/howto.html) like this: # pkgadd -d http://www.blastwave.org/pkg_get.pkg # vi /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf (optional) # /opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i wget # /opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i gcc3g++ # /opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i libpcap When pre-requirements are met, just untar source and issue: # make CC=/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/gcc LDFLAGS='-lnsl -lsocket' # make install