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Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ Installation Checklist header files and the like. For example, Red Hat users will need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm. - [ ] 2. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap + [ ] 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 installed. The latest "official" version can be found at ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov . @@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ Installation Checklist Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel" .rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm. - [ ] 3. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory. + [ ] 4. 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'. @@ -49,10 +57,10 @@ Installation Checklist You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces that have already been captured to disk by other programs. - [ ] 4. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems. + [ ] 5. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems. - [ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must + [ ] 6. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must have root privileges in order to capture live data. - [ ] 6. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run + [ ] 7. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run 'make install-man'. You're done. |