["fabio matturro" <fabiomax3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Hello,
> > I have installed ethereal by Synaptic. I've read how to add a plugin in 
> > the
> > Readme.DEVELOPER guide. The problem is that there's the only plugin
> > directory installed on my system does not contain subdirectories 
> > containing
> > dissector files such as packet-xxx.c , COPYING, Makefile.am etc etc.
> > The directory (/usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.12) contains xxx.la and 
> > xxx.so
> > dissector files.
> > How can i add a plugin?

Hi,

> From what I read is that you installed a Ethereal RPM. You can add your
> _compiled_ plugins to that. If you have to compile your plugin code you
> need to install the Ethereal development RPM. That will give you the
> source tree in which to add your plugin code and compile it there.

> Good luck,
> Jaap

Thank you :)
I have installed all three ethereal .deb packages (i am working on ubuntu).
As far as .deb ethereal-common packet is concerned, here follows the list of 
the files installed:

usr/bin/editcap
usr/bin/mergecap
usr/bin/text2pcap					    usr/lib/ethereal/libethereal.so.0
usr/lib/ethereal/libethereal.so.0.0.1
usr/lib/ethereal/libwiretap.so.0
usr/lib/ethereal/libwiretap.so.0.0.1
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/acn.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/acn.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/agentx.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/agentx.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/artnet.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/artnet.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/asn1.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/asn1.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/ciscosm.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/ciscosm.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/coseventcomm.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/coseventcomm.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/cosnaming.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/cosnaming.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/docsis.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/docsis.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/enttec.la		    
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/enttec.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/gryphon.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/gryphon.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/irda.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/irda.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/lwres.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/lwres.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/mate.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/mate.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/megaco.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/megaco.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/mgcp.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/mgcp.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/opsi.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/opsi.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/pcli.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/pcli.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rdm.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rdm.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rlm.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rlm.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rtnet.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rtnet.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rudp.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/rudp.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/stats_tree.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/stats_tree.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/v5ua.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/v5ua.so
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/xml.la
usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.10.10/xml.so
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/AUTHORS.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/README.Debian
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/README.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/README.linux.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/changelog.Debian.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/changelog.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/copyright
usr/share/ethereal/AUTHORS-SHORT
usr/share/ethereal/capinfos.html
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/dictionary.dtd
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/dictionary.xml
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/imscxdx.xml
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/mobileipv4.xml
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/nasreq.xml
usr/share/ethereal/diameter/sunping.xml
usr/share/ethereal/editcap.html
usr/share/ethereal/ethereal-filter.html
usr/share/ethereal/ethereal.html
usr/share/ethereal/help/capture_filters.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/capturing.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/display_filters.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/faq.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/getting_started.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/overview.txt
usr/share/ethereal/help/toc
usr/share/ethereal/idl2eth.html
usr/share/ethereal/manuf
usr/share/ethereal/mergecap.html
usr/share/ethereal/tethereal.html
usr/share/ethereal/text2pcap.html
usr/share/man/man1/editcap.1.gz
usr/share/man/man1/mergecap.1.gz
usr/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1.gz
usr/share/man/man4/ethereal-filter.4.gz

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As far as .deb ethereal-dev packet is concerned, here follows the list of 
the files installed:

usr/bin/asn2deb
usr/bin/idl2deb
usr/bin/idl2eth
usr/include/ethereal/color.h
usr/include/ethereal/config.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/address.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/asn1.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/column-utils.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/column_info.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/conversation.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/crc16.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/crc32.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dfilter/dfilter.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dfilter/drange.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-giop.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-per.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-rpc.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/dissectors/packet-tpkt.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/epan.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/except.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/exceptions.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/filesystem.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/frame_data.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/ftypes/ftypes.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/ipv4.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/nstime.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/packet.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/packet_info.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/pint.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/prefs.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/proto.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/range.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/reassemble.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/report_err.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/slab.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/tap.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/to_str.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/tvbuff.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/value_string.h
usr/include/ethereal/epan/xdlc.h
usr/include/ethereal/wiretap/wtap.h
usr/lib/ethereal/libethereal.la				    usr/lib/ethereal/libethereal.so
usr/lib/ethereal/libwiretap.la
usr/lib/ethereal/libwiretap.so
usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/ethereal_gen.py
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/README.design
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/README.developer.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/README.idl2eth
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/README.plugins.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/changelog.gz
usr/share/doc/ethereal-dev/copyright
usr/share/man/man1/asn2deb.1.gz
usr/share/man/man1/idl2deb.1.gz
usr/share/man/man1/idl2eth.1.gz



As you can see, there apparently seems to be no source files or 
plugin-source-file-containing directory >:
I've read something about idl2eth but i'd like to add my plugins in the 
usual way. How can I do?
Should I necessarily compile and build Ethereal from source?

Thanx

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