Arping version 2.08 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.08

      View the most recent changes for the arping port at: arping.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for arping.
      The raw portfile for arping 2.08 is located here:
      http://arping.darwinports.com/dports/net/arping/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; truncate-lines: t; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The arping Portfile 58307 2009-09-25 19:43:45Z snc macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: arping
      Version: 2.08
      Revision: 1
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: snc openmaintainer
      Description: utility to find out if a MAC address is already taken on a LAN
      Long Description: Arping is a util to find out if a specific IP address on the LAN is 'taken' and what MAC address owns it.

      Homepage: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=arping
      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.habets.pp.se/pub/synscan/
      Checksums: md5 36dba82f8a6084b634aa6f4aac6225c6 sha1 296824cc039e617c00e627e1d86670af233d922f rmd160 a405de14e3a25cb72280a642ad823a7174e481b1
      Patch Files: patch-arping.c.diff


      depends_lib port:libnet11 lib:libpcap.DP:libpcap

      use_configure no

      build.cmd gcc arping-2/arping.c -I${prefix}/include/libnet -I${prefix}/include -L${prefix}/lib -lnet -lpcap
      build.target -o arping

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -s ${worksrcpath}/arping ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/arping-scan-net.sh ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/arping-scan-net
      xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/arping.8 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man8/
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} LICENSE README ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/arping
      % sudo port install arping
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching arping
      ---> Verifying checksum for arping
      ---> Extracting arping
      ---> Configuring arping
      ---> Building arping with target all
      ---> Staging arping into destroot
      ---> Installing arping
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using arping with these commands:
      %  man arping
      % apropos arping
      % which arping
      % locate arping

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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