No, I did not encounter that.
Install libtool and try again.
Myself, when I install cygwin I usually select and install everything
(except TeX, which i dont need under
cygwin)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason House"
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal under CygWin works reasonably well.
> I don't remember seeing a post claiming compiling under cygwin was
> working. I just tried compiling ethereal under cygwin, but ran into
> trouble not described in the original post.
> libtool is not installed. Has anybody else encountered this?
>
> Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> >
> > Dont know if it is news or old stuff but in case someone is interested,
> > Ethereal works reasonably well under CygWin.
> >
> > To get it running there are some small steps :
> > 1, Install XFree for Cygwin and make sure it runs properly
> > (www.cygwin.com)
> > 2, Follow the GNOME link on www.cygwin.com and download, compile and
install
> > both gtk 1.2.10 and glib 1.2.10 . Note on the page that there is a one
line
> > fix required for
> > gtk to compile.
> > 3, Download ethereal nightly snapshot and configure it with
> > ./autogen.sh --without-pcap --without-plugins
> > (is it --without-plugin or --without-plugins ? dont remember)
> > 4, Run 'make ethereal.exe'
> >
> > Something is wrong with the makefile that gets generated so it doesnt
work
> > just running make.
> > I am not curious enough to look at why 'make' doesnt work. 'make
> > ethereal.exe' works well
> > enough for me.
> >
> > 4, start X and ethereal, voila behold the mighty sniffer in all its
glory.
> >