I noticed this command:
gcc -Wall `libnet-config --defines` libnet-example-x.c -o libnet-example-x `libnet-config --libs`
What is the meaning of libnet-config --defines and libnet-config --libs?
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It is executing a program that generates the necessary gcc arguments to compile an application that uses libnet.
Execute this at the command line and you will see what is going on: