Hi Manjunath, On WIN32, there are several other requirements than just cygwin to compile WS. Please check out the documentation at http://wireshark.org/develop.html and http://wireshark.org/download/docs/developer-guide-a4.pdf to start with. If you follow the instructions in the developer guide without deviating, you can will almost certainly be successful on the first compile attempt.
Regards, Abhik On 3/26/07, Manjunath P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a newbie to Wireshark development. My aim is to have a protocol > dissector. > I have Windows XP along with cygwin installed on my m/c. > I have downloaded source from > http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/wireshark-0.99.5.tar.gz > I read the "INSTALL" file and tried to do a "./configure" in wireshark > folder through cygwin. > Then, I got this error and stops. > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxstartxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > checking whether to use libpcap for packet capture... yes > checking for extraneous pcap header directories... not found > checking pcap.h usability... no > checking pcap.h presence... no > checking for pcap.h... no > configure: error: Header file pcap.h not found; if you installed libpcap > from source, did you also do "make install-incl", and if you installed a > binary package of libpcap, is there also a developer's package of libpcap, > and did you also install that package? > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxENDxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I downloaded "libpcap" source from www.tcpdump.org and put inside > wireshark directory. > I tried to compile this libcap separately and got an error > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > checking for u_int16_t using gcc... yes > checking for u_int32_t using gcc... yes > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > checking for sys/ioccom.h... no > checking for sys/sockio.h... no > checking for ifaddrs.h... no > checking for limits.h... yes > checking for netinet/if_ether.h... no > checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... no > configure: error: see the INSTALL for more info > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > How to move forward in the building process.??? > -------Manju > SASKEN BUSINESS DISCLAIMER ------------------------- This message may > contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. In > case you are not the original intended Recipient of the message, you must > not, directly or indirectly, use, Disclose, distribute, print, or copy any > part of this message and you are requested to delete it and inform the > sender. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender unless otherwise stated. Nothing contained in this message shall be > construed as an offer or acceptance of any offer by Sasken Communication > Technologies Limited ("Sasken") unless sent with that express intent and > with due authority of Sasken. Sasken has taken enough precautions to > prevent the spread of viruses. However the company accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev > > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
