HOWTO: Build Ethereal from source
I had successfully built Ethereal on RedHat 9, Mandrake 9 and Windows XP +
Cygwin + MSVC6.0. Here is the step by step guide.
If you want to build/install Ethereal on other platform, README* files in
the source directory might be a great help for you.
What packages required for your platform can be found at web page:
http://www.ethereal.com/download.html#requirements
Your platform:
[Cygwin]
[Cygwin + MSVC6.0(Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0)]
[RedHat 9]
- Cygwin
(Reference: http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200302/msg00021.html)
Environment : Windows XP
- Install Cygwin, download from
ftp://cygwin.csie.ntu.edu.tw/pub/cygwin/setup.exe
Mark these packages with 'X' sign to install them: (there may be additional dependent packages, just install all of them.)
- Devel->autoconf
- Devel->gcc
- Devel->make
- Devel->pythos
- Devel->libtool
- Devel->byacc
- Devel->flex
- Devel->pkg-config
- Devel->libconv
- Utils->patch
- Xfree86->XFree86-base
- XFeee86->prog
- Download and unzip Ethereal source code, from nightly build snapshot
http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/nightly-builds/
unzip it to /usr/src
- Download glib-1.2.10 and gtk+-1.2.10, from
ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gtk/v1.2/
Save in /usr/local/src
- Download patches for glib-1.2.10 and gtk+-1.2.10, from
http://koeln.convey.de/cywgin/gtk~/steve-glib-1.2.10-cygwin.patch
http://koeln.convey.de/cywgin/gtk~/steve-gtk+-1.2.10-cygwin.patch
Save in /usr/local/src
- Install glib-1.2.10 and gtk+-1.2.10
A. install glib
$ mkdir /usr/local/gnome
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ tar zxvf glib-1.2.10.tar.gz
$ cd glib-1.2.10
$ patch -p1< ../steve-glib-1.2.10-cygwin.patch
$ CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnome --with-threads=posix
$ make
$ make install
B. install gtk+
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ tar zxvf gtk+-1.2.10.tar.gz
$ cd gtk+-1.2.10
$ patch -p1< ../steve-gtk+-1.2.10-cygwin.patch
$ CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnome
$ make
$ make install
- Set new PATH
$ set path = (/usr/local/gnome/bin $path) # C-style shells
$ PATH=/usr/local/gnome/bin:$(PATH) # Bourne-style shells
- Download Winpcap source code and developer's pack, from
http://winpcap.polito.it/
Save in /usr/local/src
- Install Winpcap
install Packet.dll
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ tar zxvf wpcapsrc_3_0.zip (source code pack)
$ cd winpcap/packetNtx/Dll/Project (or Packet9x/DLL/Project)
$ make
$ make install
install libs
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ tar zxvf wpdpack_3_0.zip (developer's pack)
- copy all header files from wpdpack/Include/ to /usr/include
- copy all libs from wpdpack/Lib to /lib (DO NOT OVERWRITE ORIGINAL FILES)
- Configure ethereal
- $ cd ETHEREAL_SRC_DIR
- $ ./autogen.sh --without-plugins
- In file configure:
- replace all "-lpcap" by "-lwpcap"
- $ ./configure --without-plugins
p
- In file Makefile:
- add $(EXEEXT) postfix to every entities in "bin_PROGRAMS"
- You can add your own dissector here
- Make Ethereal
- In gtk/Makefile:
- In pcap-util.c:
- "#define WIN32" in line 51(after "#define " is defined).
- In capture.c:
- comment out line 131("#define MUST_DO_SELECT")
- $ make ethereal.exe
- You can execute your new Ethereal now.
- Cygwin + MSVC6.0(Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0)
(Reference: http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200207/msg00228.html)
Environment : Windows XP, MSVC++6.0
- Install Cygwin, download from
ftp://cygwin.csie.ntu.edu.tw/pub/cygwin/setup.exe
Mark these packages with 'X' sign to install them:
- Devel -> bison
- Devel -> flex
- Interpreters -> python
- Interpreters -> perl
- Xfree86 -> Xfree86-xserv (for GUI)
- Download and unzip these packages to /usr/src:
- Download and unzip Ethereal source code, from nightly build snapshot
http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/nightly-builds/
unzip snapshot file ethereal-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz to /usr/src
- Modify /usr/src/ethereal-YYYY-MM-DD/config.nmake
(assume files are unzipped to c:\cygwin\usr\src)
- SRC_DIR=c:\cygwin\usr\src
- ETHEREAL_SRC_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\ethereal-YYYY-MM-DD
- GLIB_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\src\glib
- GTK_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\src\gtk+
- ZLIB_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\zlib-114
(Don't use zlib-1.1.3, otherwise you get fatal error: unresolved external symbol __alloca)
- PCAP_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\WPdpack
- NET_SNMP_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\net-snmp-5.0.6
- ADNS_DIR=$(SRC_DIR)\adns-1.0-win32-01
(Comment out this line if doesn't have ADNS)
- Comment this line out, PATH=c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;c:\python22;c:\ethereal\wiretap;$(COMMON_FILES_GNU);$(PATH)
- PYTHON=c:\cygwin\bin\python.exe
- You can add your own dissector here:
- Build Ethereal by excute following commands:
- $ cd $(ETHEREAL_SRC_DIR)
- $ cleanbld.sh (download from here)
- $ nmake -f Makefile.nmake
if register.c is not generated properly,
type python make-reg-dotc.py . packet-*.c
or bash make-reg-dotc . packet-*.c
- Unzip required DLLs to /usr/src/ethereal-YYYY-MM-DD/, from
http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/old-versions/gtk-libs-20001226.zip
- Copy DLLs listed below to /usr/src/ethereal-YYYY-MM-DD/
- $(SRC_DIR)\zlib-114\zlib.dll
- $(ETHEREAL_SRC_DIR)\wiretap\wiretap-0.0.dll
- $(SRC_DIR)\adns-1.0-win32-01\adns_win32\lib\adns_dll.dll
(if ADNS_DIR is not comment out)
- You can execute your new Ethereal now.
- RedHat 9
Follow the instructions below:
(May need to install some other packages during the setup. Please reference to my note)
(This is just my memo.)
- # cd YOUR_ETHEREAL_SOURCE_DIR
- # ./autogen.sh
- # ./configure
- Edit "Makefile",
- add "packet-stun.c" to variable "DISSECTOR_SRC"
- add "packet-stun.$(OBJEXT)" to variable "am__objects_1"
- add "./$(DEPDIR)/packet-stun.Po" to variable "DEP_FILES"
- # make
- Done
Contact : smhuang@csie.nctu.edu.tw
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