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This chapter will provide you with information how to install the various tools needed for Ethereal development.
None of the tools mentioned in this chapter is needed to run Ethereal, they are only needed to build it.
All these tools have their roots on UNIX like platforms, but Win32 ports are also available. Therefore the tools are available in different "flavours":
UNIX (or Win32 Cygwin): as described above, the tools should be commonly available on the supported UNIX platforms, and for Win32 platforms by the Cygwin UNIX emulation
Win32 native: some tools are available as native Win32 tools, no emulation is required (however, as the installation can be complicated, using the Cygwin tools is recommended)
General instructions to install the tools are given in: Section 2.2, “UNIX: Installation” and Section 2.3, “Win32: Installation”.
The following sections give a very brief description of what the particular tool is doing, how it is used in the Ethereal project and how it can be installed and tested.
Don't expect a lot of documentation regarding these tools in this
document. If you need further documentation of a specific tool, you
should find lot's of useful information on the web, as these tools are
commonly used. As all of the tools are command line tools, you can try
to get help with toolname --help or read
the manpage man toolname.
You will find explanations of the tool usage for some of the specific development tasks in Chapter 4, Work with the Ethereal sources.