ethereal disappears

mat087 · 09-07-2006, 02:42 PM

Hi everybody!

I've got a strange problem...

When I type : "apt-get install ethereal". It returns "ethereal is already the newest version."

When I type : "whereis ethereal". It returns : "ethereal:".

I tried to remove then install ethereal and it keeps telling me that ethereal is already installed. Bu t I can't see it.

Ethereal is supposed to be at /usr/bin/ethereal. Please note that /usr/bin is included in my path :

Code:

echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/game

Do you have any ideas ?

Thanks,
Mathieu

farslayer · 09-07-2006, 02:59 PM

what doesapt-cache policy ethereal show ?

Code:

itg-debian:~# apt-cache policy ethereal
ethereal:
  Installed: 0.10.10-2sarge6
  Candidate: 0.10.10-2sarge6
  Version Table:
 *** 0.10.10-2sarge6 0
        500 ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu stable/main Packages
        500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


itg-debian:~# whereis ethereal
ethereal: /usr/bin/ethereal /usr/lib/ethereal /usr/share/ethereal /usr/share/man/man1/ethereal.1.gz

You can also do a search using slocate if you have it installed. slocate ethereal

you might want to try and force the install since it's obviously not really installed. I would start by emptying the package cache..

apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
apt-get update
apt-get -f install ethereal ethereal-common libadns1 libpcap

at least that's how I would try and proceed.

mat087 · 09-07-2006, 03:31 PM

I tried :
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
apt-get update
apt-get -f install ...

it didn't do anything useful.

Code:

apt-cache policy ethereal
ethereal:
  Installed: 0.99.2-5.1
  Candidate: 0.99.2-5.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.99.2-5.1 0
        500 ftp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Code:

slocate ethereal
/home/mathieu/.ethereal
/home/mathieu/.ethereal/recent
/home/mathieu/.ethereal/preferences
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ethereal.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ethereal.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tethereal.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tethereal.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ethereal-common.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ethereal-common.list
/var/cache/apt/archives/tethereal_0.99.2-5.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/ethereal_0.99.2-5.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/ethereal-common_0.99.2-5.1_i386.deb
/usr/share/doc/tethereal
/usr/share/doc/tethereal/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/tethereal/copyright
/usr/share/doc/tethereal/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/ethereal
/usr/share/doc/ethereal/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/ethereal/copyright
/usr/share/doc/ethereal/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/ethereal-common
/usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/copyright
/usr/share/doc/ethereal-common/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/apps/kappfinder/apps/Internet/ethereal.desktop

What can I do ?

farslayer · 09-07-2006, 08:38 PM

Read through this article..

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/12/1952217

Several options there to try to fix the problem..

mat087 · 09-08-2006, 04:03 PM

Ethereal has been renamed for Wireshark. That's why I couldn't find the bin

Code:

Description: dummy upgrade package for ethereal -> wireshark

farslayer · 09-08-2006, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mat087

Ethereal has been renamed for Wireshark. That's why I couldn't find the bin

Code:

Description: dummy upgrade package for ethereal -> wireshark

Interesting... it's Ethereal on the system I am running. Debian sid/unstable

now I'm curious what distro/build are you using ?

mat087 · 09-09-2006, 03:27 AM

Debian unstable

farslayer · 09-11-2006, 08:47 PM

//blink//

that is interesting since I am running the same... must have to do with the selected repositories then...

how very odd