[rodgers@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear Ethereal Colleagues,

Thanks to the kind and speedy help on this list from Guy Harris, we have
gotten Ethereal 0.9.0 to install and run under Solaris 2.8 on SPARC using
gcc 3.0.  I append our installation notes, from which I have omitted
the transcripts of output to save space.

Regards, Rick Rodgers
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LOCAL INSTALLATION NOTES

Package Name: ethereal
Version: 0.9.0
Release Date: 24 December 2001
Origin: http://www.ethereal.com/
Author: Gerald Combs (gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx), et al.
Language: C
Software Description:
Ethereal (network traffic analyzer); Tethereal (line-oriented, like snoop,
tcpdump); editcap (reads numerous format of capture files, writes data); display
filter language; reinstalled using latest depot conventions.
Installer: R.P.C. Rodgers
Installation Date: 18 January 2002
Installation Location: Bethesda MD
Installation Host: xxxxxx
Installation Hardware: SunOS noble 5.8 Generic_108528-10 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
Compiler: gcc 3.0
Installation OS: Solaris 2.8
Host-specific installation:
User-specific installation:
Software used by this package for operation: gtk 1.2.0 or greater; libpcap
Software used by this package for installation: GNU sed
Software depending on this package for operation:
Software depending on this package for installation:
Environment variables:
Notes:
As this package is related to system/network administration and could be abused,
it is installed so as to be executable only by root.  This version does not yet
support IPv6 under Solaris 2.X.
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 1) Download and unpack distribution, rename directory, and enter same:

       gunzip ethereal-0.9.0.tar.gz
       tar xvf ethereal-0.9.0.tar
       rm ethereal-0.9.0.tar
       mv ethereal-0.9.0 ethereal_0.9.0.dir
       cd ethereal-0.9.0

 2) Ensure that gtk+-1.2.0 or above is installed:

       /depot/bin/gtk-config --version

    (we have 1.2.8)

 3) Ensure that libpcap is installed (we have version 0.4); header files should
    be installed (they are present in /depot/package/libpcap_0.4/include).

 4) In accord with email received from etheral developer Guy Harris, I edited
    the following files:

       ./Makefile.in
       ./doc/Makefile.in
       ./gtk/Makefile.in
       ./tools/Makefile.in
       ./tools/lemon/Makefile.in
       ./wiretap/Makefile.in
       ./epan/Makefile.in
       ./epan/ftypes/Makefile.in
       ./epan/dfilter/Makefile.in
       ./plugins/Makefile.in
       ./plugins/gryphon/Makefile.in
       ./plugins/mgcp/Makefile.in
       ./plugins/giop/Makefile.in
       ./packaging/Makefile.in
       ./packaging/rpm/Makefile.in
       ./packaging/svr4/Makefile.in
       ./packaging/nsis/Makefile.in

    Adding "-I$(top_srcdir)/epan " in front of "-I$(includedir)" in the INCLUDES
    macros in all of the "Makefile.in" files that have "INCLUDES = " lines,
    and adding the line:

	INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/epan

    to the "Makefile.in" files that *don't* originally have "INCLUDES = " lines.
    All orginal files were saved as "*.orig".

    Also had to add zlibs package to depot .priority file to ensure that the
    ethereal build did not accidentally pick up one of the other two zlib
    libraries that are present (one from Sun, one from another depot package).

 5) Clean up (as a precaution):

       make distclean

    [transcript appended]

 6) Configure the package:

       env CPPFLAGS=-I/depot/include LDFLAGS=-L/depot/lib \
          ./configure --prefix=/depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor

    [transcript appended]

 7) Build package.  On Solaris, this must use either /usr/xpg4/bin/sed or
    GNU sed, but not the Sun-supplied version, /bin/sed.  So either install
    GNU sed under depot and prepend PATH with /depot/bin, or prepend PATH
    with /usr/xpg4/bin/sed.  We follow the former strategy here:

       setenv PATH /depot/bin:$PATH
       make

    [transcript appended]

 8) Test ethereal (must do so as root to capture live data):

       ./ethereal

 9) Install package:

       make install

    [transcript appended]

10) Create requisite links into vendor subdirectory:

       ln -s /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin \
          /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/sbin
       ln -s /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/man \
          /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/man
       ln -s /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/lib \
          /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/lib

    [this has the dual effects of placing he binaries in a sbin directory,
    devoted to administrative access, and hiding the /etc subdirectory from
    depot]

11) Tighten access for security purposes:

       chown root:root /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/editcap
       chmod 500 /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/editcap
       chown root:root /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/ethereal
       chmod 500 /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/ethereal
       chown root:root /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/tethereal
       chmod 500 /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/vendor/bin/tethereal

12) Complete depot portion of installation:

       cp ./README.LOCAL /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0
       chmod 644 /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0/README.LOCAL
       chown -R root:root /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0
       mv /depot/package/ethereal_0.9.0 /depot_server/sparc/SunOS5.8/package
          [or appropriate equivalent]
       depot_update_client -v
          [on each depot client]

13) Clean up:

       make distclean

    [transcript appended]

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