4 [ ] 0. This is alpha software. Beware.
6 [ ] 1. Make sure you have GTK+ installed. Try running 'gtk-config
7 --version'. If you need to install/reinstall GTK, you can find
12 Ethereal needs gtk+-1.2.0 or above.
14 If you installed GTK+ from a binary package, you may have to
15 install a "development" package; there may be separate "user's"
16 and "developer's" packages, with the former not including
17 header files and the like. For example, Red Hat users will
18 need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
20 [ ] 2. Make sure you have GNU libtool installed. Try running 'libtool
21 --version'. If you need to install/reinstall GTK, you can find
24 http://www.profitpress.com/libtool/ .
26 Ethereal needs libtool-1.3.4.
28 [ ] 3. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
29 installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
31 ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov .
33 Make sure you install the headers ('make install-incl') when you
36 New development of libpcap is occurring at www.tcpdump.org
38 If you installed libpcap from a binary package, you may have to
39 install a "development" package; for example, there's
40 apparently a "libpcap0" Debian package, but it just includes a
41 shared library, a copyright notice, changelog files, and a
42 README file - you also need to install a "libpcap-dev" package
43 to get header files, a non-shared library, and the man page.
44 Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
45 .rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
47 [ ] 4. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
48 Running './configure --help' displays a list of options.
49 The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
50 using 'configure' and 'make'.
52 Ethereal installs a support file (manuf) in /usr/local/etc by
53 default. You can change this location with the --sysconfdir
56 The --disable-pcap option allows you to compile without libpcap.
57 You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces
58 that have already been captured to disk by other programs.
60 [ ] 5. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
62 [ ] 6. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must
63 have root privileges in order to capture live data.
65 [ ] 7. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
66 'make install-man'. You're done.