4 These are installation instructions for Unix and Unix-like systems
5 that can run the "configure" script in this same directory. These
6 are not the installation instructions for Windows systems; see
7 README.win32 for those instructions.
9 0. This is alpha software. Beware.
11 1. If you wish to build Ethereal, make sure you have GTK+ and GLIB
12 installed. Try running 'gtk-config --version' and
13 'glib-config --version' to see if you have them installed.
14 Ethereal needs versions 1.2.0 or above of both these packages.
15 If you need to install or re-install GTK+ or GLIB, you can find
20 If you installed GTK+ from a binary package, you may have to
21 install a "development" package; there may be separate "user's"
22 and "developer's" packages, with the former not including
23 header files and the like. For example, Red Hat users will
24 need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
26 2. If you wish to build Tethereal, the line-mode version of Ethereal,
27 make sure you have GLIB installed. See note #1 above for instructions
28 on checking if you have GLIB installed. You can download GLIB from
31 3. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
32 installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
34 http://www.tcpdump.org .
36 If you've downloaded the 0.5.2 version, make sure you install
37 the headers ('make install-incl') when you install the library.
38 The CVS snapshots will install the headers if you do 'make
39 install', and have no 'install-incl' target.
41 If you installed libpcap from a binary package, you may have to
42 install a "development" package; for example, there's
43 apparently a "libpcap0" Debian package, but it just includes a
44 shared library, a copyright notice, changelog files, and a
45 README file - you also need to install a "libpcap-dev" package
46 to get header files, a non-shared library, and the man page.
47 Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
48 .rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
50 4. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
51 Running './configure --help' displays a list of options.
52 The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
53 using 'configure' and 'make'. Ethereal has some
54 non-generic configure options:
57 Ethereal installs a support file (manuf) in ${PREFIX}/etc by
58 default, where ${PREFIX} comes from --prefix=DIR. If you do not
59 specify any --prefix option, ${PREFIX} is "/usr/local".
60 You can change the location of the manuf file with the --sysconfdir
64 By default 'configure' will look in /usr/local/{include,lib} for
65 additional header files and libraries. Using this switch keeps
66 'configure' from looking there
69 By default, if 'configure' finds the GTK+ libraries, the Makefile
70 build Ethereal, the GUI packet analyzer. You can disable the
71 build of the GUI version of Ethereal with this switch.
74 By default the line-mode packet analyzer, Tethereal, is built.
75 Use this switch to avoid building it.
78 By default the capture-file editing program is built.
79 Use this switch to avoid building it.
82 By default the capture-file merging program is built.
83 Use this switch to avoid building it.
86 By default the hex-dump-to-capture file conversion program
87 is built. Use this switch to avoid building it.
90 By default the IDL-to-ethereal-dissector-source-code converter
91 is built. Use this switch to avoid building it.
94 By default the display-filter-compiler test program is not built.
95 Use this switch to build it.
98 By default the program which creates random packet-capture files
99 is not built. Use this switch to build it.
102 If you choose to build a packet analyzer that can analyze
103 capture files but cannot capture packets on its own, but you
104 *do* have libpcap installed, or if you are trying to build
105 Ethereal on a system that doesn't have libpcap installed (in
106 which case you have no choice but to build a version that can
107 analyze capture files but cannot capture packets on its own),
108 use --without-pcap to avoid using libpcap.
111 Use this to tell Ethereal where you have libpcap installed, if
112 it is installed in a non-standard location.
115 By default, if 'configure' finds zlib (a.k.a, libz), the
116 wiretap library will be built so that it can read compressed
117 capture files. If you have zlib but do not wish to build
118 it into the wiretap library, used by Ethereal, Tethereal, and
119 the capture-file utilities that come in this package, use
123 Use this to tell Ethereal where you have zlib installed, if it
124 is installed in a non-standard location.
127 If 'configure' finds support for IPv6 name resolution on
128 your system, the packet analyzers will make use of it.
129 To avoid using IPv6 name resolution if you have the support for it,
132 --enable-setuid-install
133 Use this switch to install the packet analyzers as setuid.
134 Installating Ethereal and Tethereal as setuid 'root' is
135 dangerous. Repeat: IT'S DANGEROUS. Don't do it.
138 If your SNMP library needs the SSL library, and your
139 SSL library is installed in a non-standard location,
140 you can specify where your SSL library is with this switch.
143 If 'configure' finds a supported version of the UCD SNMP library
144 on your system, the SNMP dissector will be enhanced to use
145 routines from that SNMP library. Use this switch to avoid
146 using the UCD SNMP library even if you have it installed.
149 Tell the 'configure' script where your UCD SNMP library
150 is located, if not in a standard location.
153 By default, if your system can support run-time loadable modules,
154 the packet analyzers are build with support for plugins.
155 Use this switcht to build packet analyzers without plugin support.
158 By default, plugins are installed in
159 ${LIBDIR}/ethereal/plugins/${VERSION}
161 ${LIBDIR} can be set with --libdir, or defaults to ${EPREFIX/lib}
162 ${EPREFIX} can be set with --exec-prefix, or defaults to ${PREFIX}
163 ${VERSION} is the Etherael version.
165 Use this switch to change the location where plugins
168 5. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some
169 of the options you chose. Ensure that the summary reflects
170 what you want. If it doesn't, re-run './configure' with new options.
172 6. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
174 7. Run './ethereal' or './tethereal', and make sure things are working.
175 You must have root privileges in order to capture live data.
177 8. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
178 'make install-man'. If you're running a system that supports
179 the Apt, RPM, or System V Release 4 packaging systems, you can
182 make debian-package # Builds a binary package using dpkg
183 make rpm-package # Builds a binary package using rpm
184 make srpm-package # Builds a source package using rpm
185 make svr4-package # Builds a source package using pkgmk
186 make solaris-package # Same as "make svr4-package"
188 to make an installable package for your system.
190 If you have trouble with the build or installation process, you can
191 find assistance on the ethereal-users and ethereal-dev mailing lists.
192 See http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ for details.