Re: [Ethereal-users] Question about installing Solaris version of Ethereal

[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FCG GUO Jinfeng wrote:

> I try to install Solaris version of Ethereal on my Solaris 8 platform.
> When I execute “pkgadd –d ethereal-…”, I get the following error message:
> 
> This package requires gtk+ version >=1.2 installed in /opt/sfw/bin
> Aborting installation.
> 
> But I have already installed gtk+ 1.2.10 in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> Could you please tell me how to fix this problem?
> How to install gtk+ in the /usr/local/bin directory?

The Solaris packages on the Ethereal web site were built using the
version of GTK+ that ships with the Solaris Companion Software CDs:

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

You could try installing Sun's GLib and GTK+ packages, creating symbolic
links (as suggested in a previous mail), or building a Solaris package
from scratch.

BTW, Ethereal development stopped in May and the project continued under
the name "Wireshark."  You can get Wireshark packages for Solaris from
Blastwave (http://www.blastwave.org).  Installation is as easy as typing
"pkg-get install wireshark".