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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 761ccbca82..b457784fa6 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.win32,v 1.67 2004/04/09 07:37:25 ulfl Exp $ +$Id: README.win32,v 1.68 2004/04/10 09:10:01 ulfl Exp $ Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 ==================================================== @@ -88,101 +88,80 @@ The rest of this documentation is only interesting if you want to compile Ethereal yourself. -Running Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 -================================================= -You need the glib and gtk libraries for running Ethereal. +Compiling the Ethereal distribution from source +=============================================== -These packages for win32 can be found at: +Automated library download +-------------------------- +Before using the automated download, be sure to edit the config.nmake file +to suit your needs. Especially have a look at the ETHEREAL_LIBS setting. +However, the defaults should be working well for a first start. - http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32 +If you've installed Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC), you can run: -and at the home page for the GTK+ for Win32 project: +nmake -f makefile.nmake setup - http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32 +This will first check the availability of all required tools and then uses +the tool wget to download each package file (together around 30MB!) from the +server location at: -or - http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ +http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/development/ -(the mirror nearer to you may be faster). +and unpack it in the $ETHEREAL_LIBS directory. -Plugins (gryphon.dll and mgcp.dll) can go in: - <Ethereal installation directory>\plugins\<version> +If you have problems downloading the files, you might be connected to the +internet through a proxy/firewall. In this case see the wget documentation +to configure wget accordingly. -Where <version> is the version number, without brackets. For example, -if you have Ethereal 0.9.8 installed in the default location, plugins -will reside in C:\Program Files\Ethereal\plugins\0.9.8 -Yes, the location of plugins needs to be more flexible. +Required libraries +------------------ +If the automated library download finished sucessfully, you should have all +libraries on your machine at the right places. So you don't have to read this, +unless you are interested which libraries are used. -Make sure the glib and gtk DLL's are in your path - i.e., that your -path includes the directory (folder) or directories (folders) in which -those DLLs are found - when you run Ethereal. This includes gtk-*.dll, -glib-*.dll, gmodule-*.dll, gdk-*.dll, intl.dll, and iconv-*.dll. As of -the 20000805 GTK+/GLIB distribution, gthread-*.dll is no longer needed. +You'll need the development packages for GLIB, GTK+, iconv, gettext, +WinPcap, Net-SNMP, and optionally ADNS, PCRE and zlib. The development +packages contain header files and stub libraries to link against. -Note the wiretap*.dll must be in your path as well and if wiretap is changed -be shure to put the new one in your path. +PRECOMPILED VERSIONS OF ALL OF THESE PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE AT: -The Win32 Binary distribution, available from + http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/development/ - http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32 -used different version of the GTK+/GLIB libraries at different points -in time: +The GLIB, GTK+, iconv, gettext packages for win32 can be found at the home +page for the GTK+ for Win32 project: -Ethereal Version GTK+/GLIB version ----------------- ----------------- -0.8.16 and after 20001226 -0.8.11 - 0.8.15 20000805 -0.8.9 - 0.8.10 20000416 -0.8.8 and before 19990828 + http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32 or the mirror + http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ +The Net-SNMP package for win32 is available at its homepage: -Capturing Packets ------------------ -In order to capture with Win32, you need to install the NDIS -packet capture driver for your particular Win32 OS; drivers for Windows -9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP can be downloaded from the -WinPcap home page: + http:// - http://winpcap.polito.it/ - -or the mirror site at +The WinPcap package is available at its homepage: + http://winpcap.polito.it/ or the mirror http://www.wiretapped.net/security/packet-capture/winpcap/default.htm -Compiling the Ethereal distribution from source -=============================================== +The optional ADNS package for win32 is available at its homepage: -You'll need the development packages for GLIB, GTK+, iconv, gettext, -WinPcap, zlib, Net-SNMP, ADNS, and PCRE. The GLIB, GTK+, and WinPcap -packages are available from the respective home pages for each project -(the same URLs as listed above). The development packages contain header -files and stub libraries to link against. Precompiled versions of all -of these packages are available at + http://adns.jgaa.com/ - http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/development/ +The optional PCRE package (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) for win32 is +available at its homepage: -The ADNS package is also available at its homepage: + http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/pcre.htm + +The optional zlib package for win32 is available at its homepage: + + http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ - http://adns.jgaa.com/ By default, the build process looks for these packages in C:\ethereal-win32-libs. You can place them in a different directory, but you must update the ETHEREAL_LIBS variable in config.nmake accordingly. -If you're running MSVC++, you can run: - -nmake -f makefile.nmake setup - -to download each package file (together around 30MB!) and unpack it in the -$ETHEREAL_LIBS directory. -This will first check the availability of all required tools and then uses -the tool wget to download the files from the server location at -www.ethereal.com mentioned above. If you have problems downloading the files, -you might be connected to the internet through a proxy/firewall. In this case -see the wget documentation to configure wget accordingly. - The following lists the packages needed to compile Ethereal and the default locations where to unpack them, when the above method isn't used. @@ -223,13 +202,13 @@ Compiling the Ethereal distribution using GTK+2 The more recent version 2 of the GTK+ can be used to compile Ethereal with, but is still considered beta. -GTK+2 will look better and nicer in some ways, especially for WIN32 users. +GTK+2 will look better in various ways, especially for WIN32 users. You can get the required libraries from: http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/development/gtk2 -or: +or (like the GTK+1 libraries from the GTK+ for Win32 project): http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html @@ -250,6 +229,26 @@ and optional: Be sure to set GTK2_DIR in config.nmake correct, to be able to compile. +Running your freshly compiled Ethereal +-------------------------------------- + +Make sure the glib and gtk DLL's are in your path or you use a directory +where all required DLL's and the exe files reside.- i.e., that your +path includes the directory (folder) or directories (folders) in which +those DLLs are found - when you run Ethereal. + +Note the wiretap*.dll must be in your path as well and if wiretap is changed +be sure to put the new one in your path. + +Plugins (gryphon.dll and mgcp.dll) can go in: + <Ethereal installation directory>\plugins\<version> + +Where <version> is the version number, without brackets. For example, +if you have Ethereal 0.9.8 installed in the default location, plugins +will reside in C:\Program Files\Ethereal\plugins\0.9.8 + +Yes, the location of plugins needs to be more flexible. + Instructions for MS Visual C++ ---------------------------- Modify the config.nmake file in the top directory of the Ethereal source |