2.5. Installing the binaries under UNIX
In general, installing the binary under your version of UNIX will be
specific to the installation methods used with your version of UNIX.
For example, under AIX, you would use
smit
to
install the Wireshark binary package, while under Tru64 UNIX
(formerly Digital UNIX) you would use
setld
.
2.5.1. Installing from rpm's under Red Hat and alike
Use the following command to install the Wireshark RPM that you have
downloaded from the Wireshark web site:
rpm -ivh wireshark-1.2.0.i386.rpm
If the above step fails because of missing dependencies, install the
dependencies first, and then retry the step above. See
Example 2.3, “
Installing required RPMs under Red Hat Linux 6.2 and beyond
” for information on what RPMs you will need
to have installed.
2.5.2. Installing from deb's under Debian
Use the following command to install Wireshark under Debian:
aptitude install wireshark
aptitude should take care of all of the dependency issues for you.
2.5.3. Installing from portage under Gentoo Linux
Use the following command to install Wireshark under Gentoo
Linux with all of the extra features:
USE="adns gtk ipv6 portaudio snmp ssl kerberos threads selinux" emerge wireshark
2.5.4. Installing from packages under FreeBSD
Use the following command to install Wireshark under FreeBSD:
pkg_add -r wireshark
pkg_add should take care of all of the dependency issues for you.
