1In many operating systems tcpdump is available as a native package or port, 2which simplifies installation of updates and long-term maintenance. However, 3the native packages are sometimes a few versions behind and to try a more 4recent snapshot it will take to compile tcpdump from the source code. 5 6tcpdump compiles and works on at least the following platforms: 7 8* AIX 9* FreeBSD 10* HP-UX 11i 11* Linux (any) with glibc (usually just works) 12* Linux (any) with musl libc (sometimes fails to compile, please report any bugs) 13* Mac OS X / macOS 14* NetBSD 15* OpenWrt 16* Solaris 17