Re: Help on installing wireshark on Windows XP

[Siva S <s.siva () gdatech co in>]

Hi,

   If I do "nmake -f makefile.nmake process_libs", then also it was 
trying to download the library files. I have given the library files 
path also.   

Thanks & Regards,
Siva S



Peter Johansson wrote:
> 2009/10/27 Siva S <s.siva () gdatech co in <mailto:s.siva () gdatech co in>>
>
>     Hi,
>
>         Thanks for your comments.
>         If I do nmake -f Makefile.nmake allthen, this is the error I got.
>         "ERROR: Package glib_2.18.1-1_win32.zip is needed but is
>     apparently not downloaded;"
>         I think I have to explicitly configure wireshark with the
>     library paths. I was not able to do "nmake -f Makefile.nmake
>     setup" because, I don't have a internet connection. So, I
>     downloaded all the library files required by wireshark and
>     installed it on "C:/wireshark-win32-libs/".
>         Please help me on this. Thanks in advance.
>
>     Thanks & Regards,
>     Siva S
>
>
>
>     Graham Bloice wrote:
> >     Jaap Keuter wrote:
> > >     Don't work in cygwin window. Do nmake in 'DOS box'
> > >
> > >     Send from my iPhone
> > >
> > >     On 27 okt 2009, at 12:59, Siva S <s.siva () gdatech co in> <mailto:s.siva () gdatech co in> wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > >     Hi,
> > > >
> > > >        I am trying to install wireshark in windows XP. I have installed
> > > >     WinPcap also. I was using cygwin to install wireshark.
> > > >        I have added one dissector parser code which is working fine in
> > > >     linux. After doing "make distclean" in linux environment, and I have
> > > >     taken the same source code to install it in windows machine.
> > > >
> > > >        If I am doing ./configure, it was showing the error "error: Can't
> > > >     link with library libpcap.".
> > > >        Can anybody help me on this?. Please correct me if I was wrong.
> > > >
> > > >     -- 
> > > >     Thanks & Regards,
> > > >     Siva 
> >     To amplify Japp's advice, Wireshark on Windows is built with the
> >     Visual Studio toolset using nmake.  Cygwin is required, but only
> >     for some small tools not natively provided on Windows.
> >
> >     Read the Developers Guide on tool setup:
> >     http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html
> >
> >     -- 
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Graham Bloice
>
>
> Since you downloaded the libraries on your own rather than by "nmake 
> -f makefile.nmake setup" you most likely also need to edit your 
> config.nmake file and adjust the WIRESHARK_LIBS to pinpoint to where 
> you downloaded the libraries.
>  
> Once WIRESHARK_LIBS points to the correct location, you should be able 
> to run "nmake -f makefile.nmake process_libs" that will then process 
> the downloaded libraries preparing them for the build 
> (extracting/decompressing/whatever).
>  
> When that is done, run "nmake -f makefile.nmake verify_tools" to 
> ensure that nothing else is missing.
>  
> Then (if you passed the steps above), you should be able to compile 
> and link!
>  
> Regards, Peter
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