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. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
21 installed. The latest "official" version can be found at
23 http://www.tcpdump.org .
25 Make sure you install the headers ('make install-incl') when you
28 If you installed libpcap from a binary package, you may have to
29 install a "development" package; for example, there's
30 apparently a "libpcap0" Debian package, but it just includes a
31 shared library, a copyright notice, changelog files, and a
32 README file - you also need to install a "libpcap-dev" package
33 to get header files, a non-shared library, and the man page.
34 Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
35 .rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
37 [ ] 3. Run './configure' in the Ethereal distribution directory.
38 Running './configure --help' displays a list of options.
39 The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
40 using 'configure' and 'make'.
42 Ethereal installs a support file (manuf) in /usr/local/etc by
43 default. You can change this location with the --sysconfdir
46 The --disable-pcap option allows you to compile without libpcap.
47 You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces
48 that have already been captured to disk by other programs.
50 [ ] 4. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
52 [ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working. You must
53 have root privileges in order to capture live data.
55 [ ] 6. Run 'make install'. If you wish to install the man page, run
56 'make install-man'. You're done.