["Jonty Ray" <jonty_11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Again,
   
   I have been trying to run Ethereal source Code on Solaris 2.8 (64Bit OS) and am stuck at installation. Done following steps:
1) Installed Free GNU C++ compiler. It works I can write small C++ Programs.
2) Installed GLIB version 1.2.8. After I run tar xvf glib1.2.8*.tar it creates a folder for me. 
   From that folder i run ./configure. (Shud i be root to tun this)
   No Errors 
   I do not see any make file there. so I cannot run make or "make install"

3) Then I untar libcap_2003.10.10. and run ./configure & Get error below:
   configure: error: DAG support only available with 'linux' 'bpf' and 'dag' packet capture types

4) Now when I untar the gtk and it creates a folder for me
   Run ./configure from that folder i get error that there is no makefile as follows:

checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
loading cache ./config.cache
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) no
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking for perl5... no
checking for perl... perl
checking for indent... no
checking whether make is GNU Make... ./configure: make: not found
no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for working const... yes

  and also error in the end regarding improper GLIB. as follows:

checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for libintl.h... yes
checking for dgettext in libc... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for dcgettext... yes
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
found xgettext program is not GNU xgettext; ignore it
checking for catalogs to be installed...  ca cs da de el es et eu fi fr ga gl hr hu it ja ko lt nl no nn pl pt pt_BR ro ru sk sl sv uk wa zh_TW.Big5
checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... none needed
checking for extra flags for POSIX compliance... none needed
checking for glib-config... /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.8... ./configure: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8: cannot execute
./configure: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8: cannot execute
./configure: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8: cannot execute
./configure: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8: cannot execute
./configure: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8: cannot execute
no
*** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB was incorrectly installed
*** or that you have moved GLIB since it was installed. In the latter case, you
*** may want to edit the glib-config script: /scratch/users/ukoul/Ethereal/glib-1.2.8
configure: error: 
*** GLIB 1.2.8 or better is required. The latest version of GLIB
*** is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.