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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2010-04-09 21:42:51 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2010-04-09 21:42:51 +0000
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Rename README.win32 to README.windows and add a 64-bit download link.
Add tools/textify.sh, which makes a Notepad-clickable copy of a text file. Use it for COPYING, NEWS, README, README.windows, and help/*.txt. Remove tools/unix2dos.pl and use Cygwin's u2d instead. svn path=/trunk/; revision=32440
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+$Id$
+
+Installing Wireshark on Windows
+=============================
+To install Wireshark, just download the appropriate installer program from
+
+http://www.wireshark.org/download/win32
+
+or
+
+http://www.wireshark.org/download/win64
+
+and start it. Just keep the default settings and start Wireshark after the
+installation finished (e.g. using the start menu entry).
+
+For detailed descriptions on how to install and use Wireshark and the
+related command line tools, see the Wireshark User's Guide at:
+
+http://www.wireshark.org/docs/
+
+
+Compiling the Wireshark distribution from source
+================================================
+In case you want to develop Wireshark code yourself, you can find a
+comprehensive guide how to do this in the Developer's Guide, which
+you can find (and much more info) at:
+
+http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development