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authorJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com>2014-08-12 18:02:11 -0400
committerEvan Huus <eapache@gmail.com>2014-08-12 23:59:12 +0000
commit61d522ffee30fb4cbade91b9f0311bf9001730ac (patch)
treed3796060a4ccc6a3d5f11882e3e976e05566ffcb /INSTALL
parent65ac652a07bf4c1cd0748e3f19c5215c9f1341bd (diff)
Indicate that Python is required to compile Wireshark.
Remove some trailing white space at the same time. (The ./configure options in INSTALL are significantly out of date--that will be the subject of a separate commit.) Change-Id: I3c03f90dab099e6d3386a235f35b691e7ff671be Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/3563 Reviewed-by: Daniel Black <danielblack@fedoraproject.org> Reviewed-by: Evan Huus <eapache@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0e563830e8..81899e8a91 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ README.windows for those instructions.
GLib 2.x; you need to configure with --disable-gtk2 to use GTK+
1.2[.x].
- Please also note that GTK+ 1.2[.x] is only supported up to
+ Please also note that GTK+ 1.2[.x] is only supported up to
Wireshark 1.0.x. From Wireshark 1.1.x onwards only GTK+ 2.x
is supported.
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ README.windows for those instructions.
4. Building Wireshark requires Perl (specifically the pod2man program)
so that the documentation can be built.
-5. Run './configure' in the Wireshark distribution directory.
+5. Building Wireshark requires Python.
+
+6. Run './configure' in the Wireshark distribution directory.
Running './configure --help' displays a complete list of options.
The file 'INSTALL.configure' contains general instructions for
using 'configure' and 'make'. Some of the Wireshark non-generic
@@ -208,16 +210,16 @@ README.windows for those instructions.
Use this switch to change the location where plugins
are installed.
-6. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some
+7. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some
of the options you chose. Ensure that the summary reflects
what you want. If it doesn't, re-run './configure' with new options.
-7. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
+8. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
-8. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are
+9. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are
working. You must have root privileges in order to capture live data.
-9./a. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports
+10./a. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports
the RPM, OSX, or System V Release 4 packaging systems, you can
run one of
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ README.windows for those instructions.
to make an installable package for your system.
-9/b. If you 're running a system that supports APT (Debian/Ubuntu/etc.)
+10/b. If you 're running a system that supports APT (Debian/Ubuntu/etc.)
run
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot