You need to install the libpcap with header files. There are ready-made packages for all major distributions. FreeBSD, Debian and SuSE call it "libpcap-devel", OS-X users can try the "fink" project to get the library. ./configure ./make ./make install check permissions for /var/db/echolot.mac. copy ./scripts to /usr/local/bin or somewhere else and check the paths in the scripts for propper work, (if you want to use them.)