Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] After rpm install, dumpcap not found when trying to capture
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 03:33:07PM -0400, Maynard, Chris wrote:
> I recently created and installed a wireshark rpm on a PC running Fedora
> Core 4. After rpm install, I ran wireshark and attempted to capture
> packets, but the following errors resulted in 2 separate popup dialog
> boxes:
>
> 1) Couldn't run /usr/X11R6/bin/dumpcap in child process:
> No such file or directory
> [OK]
>
> 2) Child capture process exited: exit status 2
> [OK]
>
>
> Since I did not specify where to install any of the wireshark
> components, it seems that the default installation directory for
> Wireshark is /usr/X11R6/bin/, but the default installation directory for
> dumpcap is /usr/bin/. This I verified via "rpm -ql". However, it seems
> that wireshark is looking for dumpcap in /usr/X11R6/bin/ and since it's
> not there, the capturing fails.
That is a bug. I've fixed it by installing wireshark in $prefix/bin,
just like the other programs. As X11R6 is obsoleted starting with
X.org 7.x, that was the most pragmatic solution.
Committed revision 18874.
Thanks for your report!
ciao
Joerg
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