Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] error during rpm installation

["Abhik Sarkar" <sarkar.abhik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Or perhaps, use --root=/usr/local or --root=/opt to install wireshark
in a completely new location which doesn't conflict with the already
installed ethereal (if you wanted to keep both for any reason ;-) )

On 3/14/07, Carsten Prescher <carsten.prescher@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > I've generated an rpm from the wireshark source code .
> > The rpm was generated successfully , I used "make rpm-package".
> > But when I install it using "rpm -ivh " command I'm getting the
> > following error .
> >
> >  file /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0.0.1 from install of wireshark-0.99.3a-2
> > conflicts with file from package ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1
> >
> > Can you please suggest what is going wrong and how I may correct it .
>
> Wireshark as well as ethereal (the predecessor of wireshark) provide
> the file /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0.0.1. This conflict is detected by RPM.
> Either deinstall ethereal or install wireshark with the option --force.
>
> Kind regards
> Carsten
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