Windows and macOS X Support

Scapy is built and design to run on linux-based system. However it also can run on other operating systems. You can install and port it on both windows ported on both Windows and macOS, with some limitations on each platform. For a Windows-based system, you basically need to remove the WinPcap driver and use the Npcap driver instead (don't install both versions at the same time to avoid any conflict issues). You can read more about Windows installation at http://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#windows.

For macOS X, you will need to install some python bindings and use the libdnet and libpcap libraries. Full installation steps are available at http://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#mac-os-x ...

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