how to install wireshark in CentOS 5 kelnel 2.6 server?

malli42108 · 11-19-2009, 11:25 AM

lazlow · 11-19-2009, 11:38 AM

yum install wireshark

malli42108 · 11-19-2009, 10:10 PM

hi experts,
yum install wireshark will not work in my system. yum not installed.
i tried to install with rpm, it shows it is installed but wireshark not working. Any help?

lazlow · 11-19-2009, 11:03 PM

yum is installed by default on all Centos5 versions. Do you have root privileges?

malli42108 · 11-20-2009, 02:41 AM

i tried but getting below error,i have root privillages.

# yum install wireshark
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...h=i386&repo=os error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

masatheesh · 11-20-2009, 03:09 AM

You can try with binary format instead of rpm.It may easy than rpm.I have also done the same thing.

lazlow · 11-20-2009, 08:10 AM

yum is obviously installed on your system. Ok, the address you are trying to reach looks good. Can your reach that address through your browser? I can. Are you running through a proxy?

malli42108 · 11-23-2009, 07:06 AM

hi, i downloaded wireshark-1.2.4.tar.bz2 and trying to install.
When i given ./configure am getting below error.

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?

lazlow · 11-23-2009, 10:28 AM

When you compile stuff on RH based systems you need the -devel of all the dependencies.

Still waiting for replies on #7.

If you insist on compiling yourself, save yourself a lot of headache and grab the source rpm. You can extract the spec file which will show you all the files you need to build it, including patches. It will also tell you any other tricks that are required to build it properly. This applies to compiling any package.