User Guide

Example 2.2. Building and installing libpcap

gzip -dc libpcap-0.9.4.tar.Z | tar xvf -

cd libpcap-0.9.4

./configure

make

make install

Note!

The directory you should change to will depend on the version of libpcap you have

downloaded. In all cases, tar xvf - will show you the name of the directory that has

been unpacked.

Under RedHat 6.x and beyond (and distributions based on it, like Mandrake) you can simply install

each of the packages you need from RPMs. Most Linux systems will install GTK+ and GLib in any

case, however, you will probably need to install the devel versions of each of these packages. The

commands shown in Example 2.3, “ Installing required RPMs under RedHat Linux 6.2 and beyond

” will install all the needed RPMs if they are not already installed.

Example 2.3. Installing required RPMs under RedHat Linux 6.2 and beyond

cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS

rpm -ivh glib-1.2.6-3.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh glib-devel-1.2.6-3.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh gtk+-1.2.6-7.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh gtk+-devel-1.2.6-7.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh libpcap-0.4-19.i386.rpm

Note

If you are using a version of RedHat later than 6.2, the required RPMs have most

likely changed. Simply use the correct RPMs from your distribution.

Under Debian you can install Wireshark using apt-get. apt-get will handle any dependency issues

for you. Example 2.4, “Installing debs under Debian” shows how to do this.

Example 2.4. Installing debs under Debian

apt-get install wireshark-dev

Building and Installing Wireshark