# Re: pcap library install on windows without c compiler

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pcap-library-install-on-windows-without-c-compiler/94970>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 18, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pcap-library-install-on-windows-without-c-compiler/94970 "2006-05-18T13:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pcap-library-install-on-windows-without-c-compiler/94970/1 "2006-05-18T13:14:15Z")

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Does this help you ?

\_[pcap - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pcap_) ([pcap - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pcap))

Best regards,

Axel

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pcap-library-install-on-windows-without-c-compiler/94970/2 "2006-05-19T03:20:39Z")

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unknown wrote:

> Does this help you ?
> 
> \_[pcap - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pcap_) ([pcap - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pcap))
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Axel

Not really I need to use

require ‘pcaplet’

but the ruby library for pcap requires that you make…make install to  
install it. I don’t have access to a c compiler.