You shouldn't need to install "libtool" just to compile and install

Ethereal (it didn't appear to be necessary when I tried it).  It may be
necessary if you're going to do development, but the same applies to
"automake" and "autoconf" - we should document that somewhere, giving
the minimum versions required.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=1384

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index badbc44fe599676e1a45b7b53f89e018add4844d..3eff7496f1bd3f7ecb05c7536e6a9c75986a8b62 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ Installation Checklist
          header files and the like.  For example, Red Hat users will
          need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
 
-  [ ] 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
+  [ ] 2. 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 .
@@ -44,7 +36,7 @@ Installation Checklist
          Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
          .rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
 
-  [ ] 4. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
+  [ ] 3. 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'.
@@ -57,10 +49,10 @@ 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.
 
-  [ ] 5. Run 'make'.  Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
+  [ ] 4. Run 'make'.  Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
 
-  [ ] 6. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working.  You must
+  [ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working.  You must
          have root privileges in order to capture live data.
 
-  [ ] 7. Run 'make install'.  If you wish to install the man page, run
+  [ ] 6. Run 'make install'.  If you wish to install the man page, run
          'make install-man'.  You're done.