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NOTE: this document applies to the Ethereal source releases. It also
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applies to buildbot source tarballs, but it does not apply to source
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code checked out directly from Subversion, as files such as the
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configuration script are not checked into Subversion, but need to be
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generated from the autoconf and automake files.
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Installation
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These are installation instructions for Unix and Unix-like systems
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that can run the "configure" script in this same directory. These
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are not the installation instructions for Windows systems; see
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README.win32 for those instructions.
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2005-04-16 19:16:27 +00:00
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0. This is beta software. Beware.
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1. If you wish to build Ethereal, make sure you have GTK+ and GLIB
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installed. Try running 'gtk-config --version' and
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'glib-config --version' to see if you have them installed.
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Ethereal needs versions 1.2.0 or above of both these packages.
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If you need to install or re-install GTK+ or GLIB, you can find
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the packages at:
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http://www.gtk.org
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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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2004-08-20 17:48:45 +00:00
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Note also that Ethereal configuration defaults to using GTK+ and
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GLib 2.x; you need to configure with --disable-gtk2 to use GTK+
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1.2[.x].
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2002-01-31 16:51:08 +00:00
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2. If you wish to build Tethereal, the line-mode version of Ethereal,
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make sure you have GLIB installed. See note #1 above for instructions
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on checking if you have GLIB installed. You can download GLIB from
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the same site as GTK.
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3. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
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installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
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http://www.tcpdump.org .
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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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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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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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4. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
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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'. Ethereal has some non-generic configure
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options:
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--sysconfdir=DIR
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Ethereal installs a support file (manuf) in ${PREFIX}/etc by
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default, where ${PREFIX} comes from --prefix=DIR. If you do not
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specify any --prefix option, ${PREFIX} is "/usr/local".
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You can change the location of the manuf file with the --sysconfdir
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option.
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--disable-usr-local
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By default 'configure' will look in /usr/local/{include,lib} for
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additional header files and libraries. Using this switch keeps
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'configure' from looking there
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--disable-ethereal
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By default, if 'configure' finds the GTK+ libraries, the Makefile
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build Ethereal, the GUI packet analyzer. You can disable the
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build of the GUI version of Ethereal with this switch.
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2004-08-20 17:48:45 +00:00
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--disable-gtk2
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Build Glib/Gtk+ 1.2[.x]-based ethereal.
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--disable-tethereal
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By default the line-mode packet analyzer, Tethereal, is built.
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Use this switch to avoid building it.
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--disable-editcap
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By default the capture-file editing program is built.
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Use this switch to avoid building it.
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--disable-mergecap
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By default the capture-file merging program is built.
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Use this switch to avoid building it.
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--disable-text2pcap
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By default the hex-dump-to-capture file conversion program
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is built. Use this switch to avoid building it.
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--disable-idl2eth
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By default the IDL-to-ethereal-dissector-source-code converter
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is built. Use this switch to avoid building it.
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--enable-dftest
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By default the display-filter-compiler test program is not built.
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Use this switch to build it.
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--enable-randpkt
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By default the program which creates random packet-capture files
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is not built. Use this switch to build it.
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--without-pcap
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If you choose to build a packet analyzer that can analyze
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capture files but cannot capture packets on its own, but you
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*do* have libpcap installed, or if you are trying to build
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Ethereal on a system that doesn't have libpcap installed (in
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which case you have no choice but to build a version that can
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analyze capture files but cannot capture packets on its own),
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use --without-pcap to avoid using libpcap.
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--with-pcap=DIR
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Use this to tell Ethereal where you have libpcap installed, if
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it is installed in a non-standard location.
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2002-04-13 22:11:06 +00:00
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--without-zlib
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By default, if 'configure' finds zlib (a.k.a, libz), the
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wiretap library will be built so that it can read compressed
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capture files. If you have zlib but do not wish to build
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it into the wiretap library, used by Ethereal, Tethereal, and
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the capture-file utilities that come in this package, use
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this switch.
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2002-04-13 22:11:06 +00:00
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--with-zlib=DIR
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Use this to tell Ethereal where you have zlib installed, if it
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is installed in a non-standard location.
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--disable-ipv6
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If 'configure' finds support for IPv6 name resolution on
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your system, the packet analyzers will make use of it.
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To avoid using IPv6 name resolution if you have the support for it,
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use this switch.
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--enable-setuid-install
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Use this switch to install the packet analyzers as setuid.
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Installating Ethereal and Tethereal as setuid 'root' is
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dangerous. Repeat: IT'S DANGEROUS. Don't do it.
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--with-ssl=DIR
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If your SNMP library needs the SSL library, and your
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SSL library is installed in a non-standard location,
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you can specify where your SSL library is with this switch.
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--without-net-snmp
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If 'configure' finds a supported version of the NET SNMP library
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on your system, the SNMP dissector will be enhanced to use
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routines from that SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
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using the NET SNMP library even if you have it installed.
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--with-net-snmp=PATH
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Tell the 'configure' script where your net-snmp-config shell script
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that comes with the net-snmp package is located, if not in a standard
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location.
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--without-ucd-snmp
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If 'configure' finds a supported version of the UCD SNMP library
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on your system, the SNMP dissector will be enhanced to use
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routines from that SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
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using the UCD SNMP library even if you have it installed.
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--with-ucd-snmp=DIR
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Tell the 'configure' script where your UCD SNMP library
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is located, if not in a standard location.
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--without-plugins
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By default, if your system can support run-time loadable modules,
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the packet analyzers are build with support for plugins.
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Use this switcht to build packet analyzers without plugin support.
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--with-plugins=DIR
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By default, plugins are installed in
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${LIBDIR}/ethereal/plugins/${VERSION}
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${LIBDIR} can be set with --libdir, or defaults to ${EPREFIX/lib}
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${EPREFIX} can be set with --exec-prefix, or defaults to ${PREFIX}
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${VERSION} is the Etherael version.
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Use this switch to change the location where plugins
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are installed.
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5. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some
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of the options you chose. Ensure that the summary reflects
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what you want. If it doesn't, re-run './configure' with new options.
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6. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
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7. Run './ethereal' or './tethereal', and make sure things are working.
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You must have root privileges in order to capture live data.
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8. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
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'make install-man'. If you're running a system that supports
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the Apt, RPM, or System V Release 4 packaging systems, you can
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run one of
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make debian-package # Builds a binary package using dpkg
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make rpm-package # Builds a binary package using rpm
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make srpm-package # Builds a source package using rpm
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make svr4-package # Builds a source package using pkgmk
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make solaris-package # Same as "make svr4-package"
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to make an installable package for your system.
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If you have trouble with the build or installation process, you can
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find assistance on the ethereal-users and ethereal-dev mailing lists.
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See http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ for details.
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