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Ethereal can be downloaded as binaries or source code.
There are Ethereal binaries available for more than twenty platforms.
Ethereal source compiling prerequisites include libpcap, GTK+, Glib, Zlib, Perl, Net-SNMP, and GNU adns.
Packet capture drivers are responsible for capturing the raw network packets.
Libpcap is a packet capture library for UNIX systems; Windows uses WinPcap.
Sometimes RPMs are a version or two behind the current source code release.
Ethereal must have libpcap (or WinPcap) installed to capture packets.
Libpcap can be installed from a binary or source code.
Uninstall older versions of WinPcap before installing newer ones.
Ethereal will install without WinPcap but can only be used to read saved capture files.
Uninstall Ethereal by using the uninstall.exe program.
Ethereal for Windows also installs tethereal, editcap, mergcap, and text2pcap.
There are several different versions of Ethereal RPMs, each with a different purpose.
The base Ethereal package does not install the Ethereal GUI program, you need to install the GTK+ RPM in addition to the base.
The Solaris pkgadd process is much like the RPM process.
Source code installs are accomplished with the configure | make | make install process.
Installing from source code gives you more control over the installation process.
Installing from source gives you access to the source code and additional documentation.
Ethereal installs by default in the /usr/local/bin directory.
There are many options to the configure script to customize your install.
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