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Installation Checklist
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1998-09-16 02:39:15 +00:00
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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[ ] 0. This is alpha software. Beware.
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[ ] 1. Make sure you have GTK+ installed. Try running 'gtk-config
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--version'. If you need to install/reinstall GTK, you can find
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it at
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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http://www.gtk.org .
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1998-09-16 02:39:15 +00:00
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1999-07-09 04:18:36 +00:00
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Ethereal needs gtk+-1.2.0 or above.
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1999-05-04 18:26:22 +00:00
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If you installed GTK+ from a binary package, you may have to
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install a "development" package; there may be separate "user's"
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and "developer's" packages, with the former not including
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header files and the like. For example, Red Hat users will
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need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
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1999-12-28 09:06:24 +00:00
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[ ] 2. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
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1999-11-23 03:50:40 +00:00
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installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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2000-07-22 19:28:46 +00:00
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http://www.tcpdump.org .
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1998-09-16 02:39:15 +00:00
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2000-11-08 21:33:33 +00:00
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If you've downloaded the 0.5.2 version, make sure you install
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the headers ('make install-incl') when you install the library.
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The CVS snapshots will install the headers if you do 'make
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install', and have no 'install-incl' target.
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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If you installed libpcap from a binary package, you may have to
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install a "development" package; for example, there's
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apparently a "libpcap0" Debian package, but it just includes a
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shared library, a copyright notice, changelog files, and a
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README file - you also need to install a "libpcap-dev" package
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to get header files, a non-shared library, and the man page.
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1999-08-27 22:57:56 +00:00
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Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
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.rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
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1998-09-16 02:39:15 +00:00
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1999-12-28 09:06:24 +00:00
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[ ] 3. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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Running './configure --help' displays a list of options.
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The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
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using 'configure' and 'make'.
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1998-12-29 03:12:07 +00:00
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Ethereal installs a support file (manuf) in /usr/local/etc by
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default. You can change this location with the --sysconfdir
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option.
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1999-07-09 04:18:36 +00:00
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The --disable-pcap option allows you to compile without libpcap.
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You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces
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that have already been captured to disk by other programs.
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2001-07-12 19:59:41 +00:00
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You can build or not build ethereal, tethereal, editcap, and
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mergecap with the appropriate --enable-XXX or --disable-XXX flags.
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2000-11-22 04:03:22 +00:00
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The default is to build everything. If GTK+ is not detected
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on the system, then ethereal won't be built.
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1999-12-28 09:06:24 +00:00
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[ ] 4. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
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1999-12-28 09:06:24 +00:00
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[ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must
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have root privileges in order to capture live data.
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1999-12-28 09:06:24 +00:00
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[ ] 6. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
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'make install-man'. You're done.
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