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• This document covers the compilation, installation and configuration of the traceroute utility, which is used to return information about the routing of packets between source and target systems. Traceroute is a simple and popular network diagnosis tool. If you are looking for documentation on networking, a good place to start is the The Linux Documentation Project website.
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• It is assumed that this installation takes place on a computer on which Core Linux has been successfully installed.
• No software other than the packages bundled with Core Linux have been installed.
• As described in the installation guide, it is assumed that any downloaded application source code is stored in a directory called /apps on the CD-R.
• It is assumed that the Core Linux computer is attached to a network on which there is at least one other machine with internet access and a CD burner.

Preparation

1. Download the traceroute source code from ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/.
2. Burn the file traceroute.tar.gz to a CD. This page assumes that the subdirectory /apps is used for the .tar.gz file. The CD-ROM can be a multi-session disk.

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Booting

1. Boot your Core Linux PC.
2. Login as root. You will need to enter the password at the prompt.

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Extract the source

1. Place the CD-R in the CD-ROM drive. Mount the CD-ROM drive under /mnt/cdrom.
2. Change to the /apps directory on the CD-R.
3. Copy the traceroute.tar.gz file to the directory /usr/src.
4. Change to the /usr/src directory and extract the source from the .tar.gz file.

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Configure and compile

1. Change to the /usr/src/traceroute-1.4a12 directory.
2. Change the value of the MANDEST variable in the file Makefile.in to /usr/man.
3. Run the ./configure script.
4. Run the make program.
5. Add the user bin to the system.
6. Add the group bin to the system.
7. Run the make program with the argument install.
8. Link the executable traceroute to the /usr/bin directory.
9. Run the make program with the argument install-man.

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Testing traceroute

1. At the system prompt enter:
   traceroute www.domain.com
   where www.domain.com is the domain to which you want to trace the route.

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