configure: error: Unable to link libpcap in pfring

You got the instructions mostly right, except that --with-libpcap should be pointing to the libpcap install directory rather than the source.
I have #750 fix applied in my 4.4.3 Beta1 sandbox, which prevents false positives on version detection. Then I followed your instructions, except I didn't run make install in the kernel directory. I am able to build:
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configure: Bypassing libpcap discovery via pcap_config
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configure: Building tcpbridge
configure: Building tcpliveplay
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configure: WARNING: libdnet not found, disabling fragroute feature
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configure: WARNING: Unable to find tcpdump.  Please specify --with-tcpdump.
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             TCPREPLAY Suite Configuration Results (4.4.3-Beta1)
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libpcap:                    /opt/pfring (1.9.1)
PF_RING libpcap             yes   /opt/pfring/lib/libpfring.a
libdnet:                    no   
autogen:                    /usr/bin/autogen (5.18.12)
Use libopts tearoff:        no
64bit counter support:      yes
tcpdump binary path:        no
fragroute support:          no
tcpbridge support:          yes
tcpliveplay support:        yes

Supported Packet Injection Methods (*):
Linux TX_RING:              no
Linux PF_PACKET:            yes
BSD BPF:                    no
libdnet:                    no
pcap_inject:                yes
pcap_sendpacket:            yes **
pcap_netmap                 no
Linux/BSD netmap:           no
Tuntap device support:      yes

* In order of preference; see configure --help to override
** Required for tcpbridge
appneta / tcpreplay

configure: error: Unable to link libpcap in pfring #752
