Installing Napatech Link-Capture™ Software

Use the provided script to install Napatech Link-Capture™ Software and the Napatech libpcap.

dnf -y install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) kernel-headers-$(uname -r)
dnf -y install gcc make
dnf -y install elfutils-libelf-devel flex bison

1. Unpack the Napatech Link-Capture™ Software package.

   tar zxvf ntanl_package_3gd-<version>-linux.tar.gz
   cd ntanl_package_3gd-<version>-linux

   where version is the Napatech Link-Capture™ Software version identifier.
2. Run the package_install_3gd.sh script to install the driver package.

   ./package_install_3gd.sh

   This will install the driver software, tools, documentation, FPGA images, and optionally a version of libpcap. An output example:

   The Napatech Software Suite is covered by the Napatech Software license
   agreement as described in "NP-0405 Napatech Software license agreement.pdf"
   By installing any part of the software suite you accept the license agreement.
   
   I accept the license [Y]es/[N]o:

   Type Y to accept the license.
   Note: You will be prompted to install the Napatech libpcap. Select the libpcap version if you would like to use libpcap with Napatech SmartNICs.

   [ Extract, compile and install Napatech libpcap ]
   Select libpcap version to install:
   1) libpcap-1.10.0
   2) libpcap-1.9.1
   3) libpcap-1.8.1
   4) Don't install libpcap

   An output example after the installation is complete:

   ...
   ######################################################################
   #                 Installation completed successfully                #
   #            See /tmp/nt_driver_3gd.log for a full install log       #
   ######################################################################
   [ Install the Image control application ]
   [ Install FPGA images ]
   [ Package installation done... ]

   Note: Install the additional dependencies manually if the driver installation requires them.

   The Napatech Link-Capture™ Software package and the Napatech libpcap are installed.