Wireshark · Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] RPM installation

[Richard Urwin <RUrwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's in the top level of the source directory that you downloaded. It
uses "autoconf" in some manner I haven't yet looked into. But you don't
need to know how it works. You probably need autoconf installed on your
machine. It's in the development section of the mandrake rpms on your
CDs. You'll also need gcc, make, and probably lex and bison, but once
configure works it will tell you if there are dependencies such as
these.

Check out http://www.ethereal.com/download.html#requirements which
describes which libraries you need to have installed. You probably have
gtk+ and glib already. All of them use the same process as I describe
below to compile from source, or you can find rpms.

So unpack the tar (either "tar -xzf <filename>" or double click and
extract it in a file manager.)
start up a shell and cd to the top level directory ("ethereal-0.9.9" or
something similar.)
"./configure" The ./ ensures that the one you run is the one in the
current directory.
If this fails then tell bash to try again with "hash -r" and retry the
configure command.
If configure fails then resolve any dependencies and problems that it
complains about and try again.
"make"
If make fails (unlikely) then resolve any problems that it complains
about and try again.
get superuser status with "su" or "sudo" and "make install"

ethereal should now be installed in /usr/local/bin, which should be on
your path, so the command "ethereal" should start it. Note that you have
to run it as root the first time following a reboot or you wont be able
to capture packets.

I hope this helps.

-- 
Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer
Schenck Test Automation
Braemar Court, 1311b Melton Road, Syston, UK.
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Fay (LMI) [mailto:David.Fay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 March 2003 14:58
> To: 'Richard Urwin'; 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] RPM installation
> 
> 
> Hello Richard and thanks for anyone else who offered me advice.
> 
> I don't have the configure command on my PC. Do you have man 
> pages for this command and also do you know where I might download it?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Urwin [mailto:RUrwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] RPM installation
> 
> 
> > I am using Linux Mandrake 9.0 and used the RPM command to 
> > install the software. It seems to have installed OK but I 
> > can't find where the files were installed. Any help would be 
> > appreciated.
> 
> And failing all the help you've been given so far, use the source. I
> failed to get the RPM working in my MDK9.0, so I downloaded the source
> for all the libraries and Ethereal and built them. I was amazed at how
> simple it was, after having to fiddle with the configuration 
> files under
> Windows. Every package is the same; you just use three commands:
> "configure", "make" and then, as root, "make install".
> 
> It's a nice feeling to build from source, and Ethereal, at least on
> MDK9.0, appears to be a good one to start out with.
> 
> BTW: Knowing the little I do about MDK9.0, my guess would be that the
> RPM loads into /usr/bin. The source install goes into /usr/local/bin.
> 
> --
> Richard Urwin, Private
> "No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or 
> corrubiteddatatato."
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