Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to compile Wireshark for 64-bit Windows Vista Home Pre
Hi Brian,
I recently attempted a Windows compile on 1.0.6. I retrieved the
Windows sources from SVN. Unfortunately, most projects would not
compile. The projects that would compile were empty (if I recall
correctly). Searching Wireshark's wiki (http://wiki.wireshark.org) for
"Windows compile", "Windows", and "compile" returned no results.
Your best bet would be to get Windows x64 gear from the maintainers
who know how to build the sources. The Win stuff is just not too
accommodating.
Jeff
On 3/5/09, Brian Daniel <daniel_brian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How many of you want to use a 64-bit Wireshark?
> I would like to know how to compile Wireshark source for 64-bit Windows
> Vista Home Premium SP1 and 64-bit Windows 7 beta so I can take more
> advantage of my Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Processor and 4GB RAM.
>
> I'm already using the /3GB when I boot to Windows XP Pro but my capture size
> is 1Gig so I'm running out of memory around 750Meg into the capture file. My
> work around solution is to capture 512Meg at a time.
> Here is what I've found in the Wireshark documentation:
>
> "It is recommended to use the binary installer for Windows, until you want
> to start developing Wireshark on the Windows platform."
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChBuildInstallWinBuild.html
>
> "Thanks to the Win32 API, development on all Windows platforms will be done
> in a very similar way. All Windows platforms referred to as Win32, Win or
> Windows may be used with the same meaning."
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html#id4702778
>
> All help is appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
