You shouldn't need to install "libtool" just to compile and install

Ethereal (it didn't appear to be necessary when I tried it).  It may be
necessary if you're going to do development, but the same applies to
"automake" and "autoconf" - we should document that somewhere, giving
the minimum versions required.

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header files and the like. For example, Red Hat users will
need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
[ ] 2. Make sure you have GNU libtool installed. Try running 'libtool
--version'. If you need to install/reinstall GTK, you can find
it at
http://www.profitpress.com/libtool/ .
Ethereal needs libtool-1.3.4.
[ ] 3. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
[ ] 2. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov .
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Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
.rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
[ ] 4. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
[ ] 3. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
Running './configure --help' displays a list of options.
The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
using 'configure' and 'make'.
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You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces
that have already been captured to disk by other programs.
[ ] 5. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
[ ] 4. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
[ ] 6. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must
[ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must
have root privileges in order to capture live data.
[ ] 7. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
[ ] 6. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
'make install-man'. You're done.