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authorJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com>2008-04-07 20:27:21 +0000
committerJeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com>2008-04-07 20:27:21 +0000
commit63a0378934fa8e7714fa23a9ee093396b84ea3d4 (patch)
treeb51155f9cd473a08359153eb593631521d1d963c /INSTALL
parent3340a9f9b7b55d9eb19e1e0ee5b2baba1f1d26bd (diff)
Building Wireshark requires Perl (pod2man) so say so.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=24835
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@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ README.win32 for those instructions.
Similarly, Red Hat 5.x users will need to install a "libpcap-devel"
.rpm to go along with the "libpcap" .rpm.
-4. Run './configure' in the Wireshark distribution directory.
+4. Building Wireshark requires Perl (specifically the pod2man program)
+ so that the documentation can be built.
+
+5. 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
@@ -201,16 +204,16 @@ README.win32 for those instructions.
Use this switch to change the location where plugins
are installed.
-5. After running './configure', you will see a summary of some
+6. 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.
-6. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
+7. Run 'make'. Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
-7. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are
+8. Run './wireshark' or './tshark' or ./dumpcap, and make sure things are
working. You must have root privileges in order to capture live data.
-8. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports
+9. Run 'make install'. If you're running a system that supports
the Apt, RPM, or System V Release 4 packaging systems, you can
run one of