On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:56:04 Guy Harris wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:48:54AM -0500, Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> > You need to install WinPcap. Look at the README.win32 file.
>
> Or, for those who are just downloading the binary, not the source, and
> thus don't have the README.win32 file, look at the page
Nope. The ZIP files contain the README.win32 file.
$ unzip -v ethereal-0.8.10-capture.zip
Archive: ethereal-0.8.10-capture.zip
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
0 Stored 0 0% 07-05-100 10:49 00000000
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/
8931 Defl:N 3882 57% 07-05-100 10:49 f5c5ab3b
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/README
3421 Defl:N 1538 55% 07-05-100 10:49 2b54b140
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/README.win32
176687 Defl:N 32801 81% 07-05-100 10:49 42107ab6
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/ethereal.html
154665 Defl:N 26510 83% 07-05-100 10:49 7aff0f85
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/tethereal.html
6339 Defl:N 2298 64% 07-05-100 10:49 1127771c
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/editcap.html
350 Defl:N 223 36% 07-05-100 10:49 4cbef7f2
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/README.gryphon
1552384 Defl:N 565023 64% 07-05-100 10:49 5c5d16c2
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/ethereal.exe
1396736 Defl:N 505069 64% 07-05-100 10:49 566ee7eb
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/tethereal.exe
122880 Defl:N 57543 53% 07-05-100 10:49 402e38e1
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/editcap.exe
77824 Defl:N 31878 59% 07-05-100 10:49 ebe5bc8f
ethereal-0.8.10-capture/gryphon.dll
------ ------ --- -------
3500217 1226765 65% 11 files
Can we fix this through programming? I.e., have Ethereal able to dectect the
absence of packet.dll
and give the user the URL?
--gilbert