Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Solaris 2.6 x86 compile error

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From: "s. lindell" <slindell@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:11:32 -0700
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > ./dfilter2pod: syntax error at line 14: `(' unexpected
> > *** Error code 2
> > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ethereal.pod'
> >
> > seems like its pretty close to working. any suggestions on what to do to
> > get this over the hump?
> 
> Do you have Perl installed on your box?

nope.

> 
> If not, Ethereal won't build, as "dfilter2pod" is a Perl script, so you
> need to install it.
> 
> Binaries in SVR4 package form, for Solaris 2.5, 2.6, and 7, on both x86
> and SPARC, can be found at
> 
>         http://www.sunfreeware.com/
> 
> (that's where I got the one I installed on the Solaris 7/x86 partition
> on my home machine).

Installed perl & it compiled like a champ and now works great.  thanks
to all for such a useful piece of software.