libnl 3.5.0

NetLink protocol library suite

The libnl suite is a collection of libraries providing APIs to netlink protocol based Linux kernel interfaces. Netlink is an IPC mechanism primarily between the kernel and user space processes. It was designed to be a more flexible successor to ioctl to provide mainly networking related kernel configuration and monitoring interfaces.

Website: https://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/
Licenses: GPL 2
Package source: gnu/packages/linux.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install libnl 3.5.0 as follows:

guix install libnl@3.5.0

Or install the latest version:

guix install libnl

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.