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author | gerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2002-10-09 13:39:17 +0000 |
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committer | gerald <gerald@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2002-10-09 13:39:17 +0000 |
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parent | 84b831e37de93fa1abbd26e0a9fd4b7f4eec33ca (diff) |
Update formatting, library information.
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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index a12e570f74..a82439a084 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.win32,v 1.40 2002/10/09 03:17:36 gerald Exp $ +$Id: README.win32,v 1.41 2002/10/09 13:39:17 gerald Exp $ Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 ==================================================== @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ The installation package allows you to install: o Ethereal - the GUI version o Tethereal - the console, line-mode version o Editcap - a console, line-mode utility to convert - capture files from one format to another. - (The same functions are available in Ethereal) - o Text2Pcap - a console, line-mode utility to generate - a capture file from an ASCII hexdump of packets - o Mergecap - a console, line-mode utility to merge two - capture files into one + capture files from one format to another. + (The same functions are available in Ethereal) + o Text2Pcap - a console, line-mode utility to generate + a capture file from an ASCII hexdump of packets + o Mergecap - a console, line-mode utility to merge two + capture files into one Additionally, the installation package contains a "plugins" option, which installs the Gryphon, MGCP and GIOP dissector plugins @@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ or (the mirror nearer to you may be faster). Plugins (gryphon.dll and mgcp.dll) can go in: - C:\Program Files\Ethereal\plugins\<version> - C:\Ethereal\plugins\<version> + <Ethereal installation directory>\plugins\<version> -Where <version> is the version number, without brackets. -For example, C:\Ethereal\plugins\0.8.16 +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. @@ -146,20 +146,15 @@ or the mirror site at Compiling the Ethereal distribution from source =============================================== -You'll need the development package for GLIB, GTK+, and WinPcap. -Those versions are available from the respctive home pages for -each project (the same URLs as listed above). The development -packages contain header files and stub libaries to link against. +You'll need the development packages for GLIB, GTK+, WinPcap, zlib, +and Net-SNMP. The GLIB, GTK+, and WinPcap packages are available from +the respctive home pages for each project (the same URLs as listed +above). The development packages contain header files and stub libaries +to link against. Precompiled zlib and Net-SNMP packages are available +at -The use of an SNMP library has not been made to work yet in -Ethereal/Win32, but a binary distribution of the UCD SNMP package, -including header files and a DLL of the UCD SNMP library, can be had -from: - - ftp://ftp.revelstone.com/snmp/binaries/ + http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/ -The file will probably be called "ucd-snmp-X.X-x86-win32.zip", where -"X.X" is the version number of the UCD SNMP library. Instructions for MS Visual C ---------------------------- @@ -169,24 +164,15 @@ comment out the line that defines PYTHON, otherwise set it to refer to the pathname of your Python interpreter executable. You should not have to modify any other Makefile. -In order to compile, at least with the default settings, you also need -zlib and net-snmp. The pre-compiled zlib packages available on the -Gimp/Win32 and WinImage sites are faulty. A working version as well as -a precompiled version of net-snmp can be downloaded from: - - http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/ - - Many of the file and directory names used in the build process go past -the old 8.3 naming limitations. As a result, at least on Windows NT -4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows .NET Server, you should use -the newer "cmd.exe" command interpreter instead of the old -"command.com", as the "command.com" on Windows 2000, at least, can't -handle non-8.3 directory names. (It may be that the "command.com" in -Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, as it's the only command -interpreter in those systems, can handle those directories. If not, it -may not be possible to build Ethereal from the command line on those -versions of Windows.) +the old 8.3 naming limitations. As a result, at least on Windows NT 4.0, +Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows .NET Server, you should use the +newer "cmd.exe" command interpreter instead of the old "command.com", +as the "command.com" on Windows 2000, at least, can't handle non-8.3 +directory names. (It may be that the "command.com" in Windows 95, Windows +98, and Windows Me, as it's the only command interpreter in those systems, +can handle those directories. If not, it may not be possible to build +Ethereal from the command line on those versions of Windows.) Be sure that your command-line environment is set up to compile and link with MSVC. When installing MSVC, you can have your |