Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Installation problem on Solaris

[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have to install the package using "pkgadd":

    http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/pkgs_download.xml

Igor Krugliak wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I FTPed GTK+ software to solaris machine, after unzip I got directory
> /usr/local/gtk
> And under that: install  pkginfo  pkgmap   root
> 
> What is my next step to install GTK+ for Ethereal??
> 
> Thank you
> Igor Krugliak 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Combs
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:56 AM
> To: Ethereal user support
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Installation problem on Solaris
> 
> 
> The /opt/sfw GTK+ packages are available from Sun:
> 
>     http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/
> 
> Aside from Sun you can get Solaris packages from the following locations
> (and many others):
> 
>   http://www.sunfreeware.com/
>   http://www.blastwave.com/
>   http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/
>   http://www.openpkg.org/
> 
> At some point I'd like to update the Solaris packages to use GLib/GTK+
> 2, ADNS, PCRE, and Net-SNMP along with a few other improvements.  Is
> there a particular freeware package distribution that should be used for
> this?  Should we do like commercial packages (i.e. CiscoWorks) and dump
> Ethereal and all of its support libraries into one huge /opt/Ethereal
> directory?
> 
> While we're on the subject, why does everyone (including Sun) build
> separate freeware packages for different versions of Solaris?  Shouldn't
> a package built for Solaris 8 (or 7 or 2.5.1) run just fine under 10?
> (This isn't Linux, after all.)
> 
> 
> Jeff Morriss wrote:
> 
>>Actually the error message says you need GTK installed in "/opt/sfw/";
>>I'm not sure where one gets a GTK package that installs in this 
>>location but the official Solaris 8 packages from ethereal.com need 
>>that package.  (I've been building my own Solaris 8 packages for years
> 
> 
>>because of this--using the GTK packages from sunfreeware.com .  FWIW, 
>>the official Solaris 9 builds want GTK installed in "/usr/local/".)
>>
>>I imagine it might work if you make a symbolic link from "/opt/sfw/"
>>to "/usr/local/" (never tried it).
>>
>>Anders Broman (AL/EAB) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I think the package you want is
>>>gtk+-1.2.8-sol8-sparc-local.gz
>>>or
>>>gtk-2.2.4-sol8-sparc-local.gz
>>>
>>>Brg
>>>Anders
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Igor
>>>Krugliak
>>>Sent: den 30 augusti 2005 14:55
>>>To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [Ethereal-users] Installation problem on Solaris
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I've tried to install ethereal on Solaris, but pkgadd failed: ##
>>>Executing checkinstall script.
>>>/var/tmp/dstreAAAmLaiLO/ethereal/install/checkinstall: gtk-config: 
>>>not found
>>>        This package requires gtk+ version >= 1.2 installed in 
>>>/usr/sfw/bin.
>>>        Aborting installation.
>>>
>>>But I have gtk-config installed: /usr/local/bin
>>>
>>>Please advice
>>>Igor Krugliak
>>
>>
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