[Ethereal-dev] Build ethereal within cygwin

[Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

While trying (and documenting the steps) to compile and run Ethereal in
cygwin, everything but running the Ethereal binary succeeded. Here are the
steps (gcc version 3.2.20020927):

1. Install the required cygwin packages (compiler, scripting, X, zlib)
   with the CygWin setup.exe tool.
   You need the base Xfree86 support plus the X headers package in order
   to be able to compile the gtk+ package.

2. Download glib-1.2.10 and gtk+-1.2.10 from a mirror of www.gnome.org.

3. Retrieve the patches for glib-1.2.10 and gtk+-1.2.10 from
   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.obrien2/

 + glib-1.2.10
 
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.obrien2/libs/patches/glib-1.2.10-cygwin.
patch
   In step 4:
     $ CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome --with-threads=posix

 + gtk+-1.2.10
 
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.obrien2/libs/patches/gtk+-1.2.10-cygwin.
patch
   In step 4:
     $ CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome

4. Compile and install both packages after patching (see instructions
   at the bottom of http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.obrien2/).

5. Configure and make Ethereal:
     $ ./autogen.sh --without-pcap --without-plugins
     $ ./configure --without-pcap --without-plugins
     $ make ethereal.exe

6. Start X
     $ sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh
   For non-US keyboard layouts, use (replace 'be' with your layout):
     $ setxkbmap.exe -layout be

7. Run ethereal (add /opt/gnome/bin to $PATH if this is not yet done)
     $ ethereal

Now ethereal should run, but instead I get GTK critical error messages (see
attachment). What went wrong?

Regards,

Olivier

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