How to download and install the pcapy package with pip?

Question

I know that in order to install a package I need to execute:

sudo pip install package_name

But how can I know what is the name of package - I should give as an argument. I found in pypi a package I want to install - pcapy:

I tried:

sudo pip install pcapy

It didn't work... What is the right way to install this package?

Thank you very much!

avi@avi-desktop:~/Downloads$ sudo pip install pypi Downloading/unpacking pypi Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pypi No distributions at all found for pypi Storing complete log in /home/vit/.pip/pip.log — user2221720, Mar 28 '13 at 23:17
Maybe this can help you: [Error while installing with Python “pip”](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11724779/error-while-installing-with-python-pip-cannot-fetch-index-base-url-http) — Arman H, Mar 28 '13 at 23:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '13 at 23:20

That package isn't in the PyPI. There's a page, but the source code is hosted elsewhere for some reason (this is the first time I've seen it):

Ubuntu has a (probably old) package:

$ sudo apt-get install python-pcapy

You can also build it from source:

$ sudo pip install "http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=attachment&type=tool&page=Pcapy&file=pcapy-0.10.8.tar.gz"

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