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| author | Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com> | 2014-08-12 18:02:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Evan Huus <eapache@gmail.com> | 2014-08-12 23:59:12 +0000 |
| commit | 61d522ffee30fb4cbade91b9f0311bf9001730ac (patch) | |
| tree | d3796060a4ccc6a3d5f11882e3e976e05566ffcb /INSTALL | |
| parent | 65ac652a07bf4c1cd0748e3f19c5215c9f1341bd (diff) | |
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Indicate that Python is required to compile Wireshark.
Remove some trailing white space at the same time.
(The ./configure options in INSTALL are significantly out of date--that will
be the subject of a separate commit.)
Change-Id: I3c03f90dab099e6d3386a235f35b691e7ff671be
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/3563
Reviewed-by: Daniel Black <danielblack@fedoraproject.org>
Reviewed-by: Evan Huus <eapache@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ README.windows for those instructions. GLib 2.x; you need to configure with --disable-gtk2 to use GTK+ 1.2[.x]. - Please also note that GTK+ 1.2[.x] is only supported up to + Please also note that GTK+ 1.2[.x] is only supported up to Wireshark 1.0.x. From Wireshark 1.1.x onwards only GTK+ 2.x is supported. @@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ README.windows for those instructions. 4. Building Wireshark requires Perl (specifically the pod2man program) so that the documentation can be built. -5. Run './configure' in the Wireshark distribution directory. +5. Building Wireshark requires Python. + +6. Run './configure' in the Wireshark distribution directory. Running './configure --help' displays a complete list of options. The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for using 'configure' and 'make'. Some of the Wireshark non-generic @@ -208,16 +210,16 @@ README.windows for those instructions. Use this switch to change the location where plugins are installed. -6. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some +7. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some of the options you chose. Ensure that the summary reflects what you want. If it doesn't, re-run './configure' with new options. -7. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems. +8. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems. -8. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are +9. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are working. You must have root privileges in order to capture live data. -9./a. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports +10./a. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports the RPM, OSX, or System V Release 4 packaging systems, you can run one of @@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ README.windows for those instructions. to make an installable package for your system. -9/b. If you 're running a system that supports APT (Debian/Ubuntu/etc.) +10/b. If you 're running a system that supports APT (Debian/Ubuntu/etc.) run dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot |