Wireshark won't install on Dapper
 

Using dapper:
I found a .deb pkg for Wireshark and am tring to install it, but it
kicks an error 'dependicies not met libatk1.0-0'
I checked synaptic and libatk1.0-0 is installed in fact i installed dev and dbg versions
as well but i still get this error.
I am trying to replace ethereal since i am told it is old and buggy and should upgrade to Wireshark, but it's next to impossible to get installed in dapper.
its not even in the dapper repositories.

tried compiling from source but got a 'GTK+ not found" error, that too is installed
according to synaptic.

AAAARRRRGGG! why is wireshark being so difficult?
please help!
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I got it installed by enabling universe and multiverse repositories and it worked like a charm. Have you tried it?

Yes all repositories are enable on my system.
Are u using Dapper?

I built Wireshark 0.99.5 from source using the "manual install" instructions at:

opensource DOT qwertzy DOT com SLASH wireshark_tutorial DOT php

and things worked fine. For your reference, the instructions at that site are:

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MANUAL INSTALL:

Install the compilation tools:

#apt-get install build-essential

To compile Wireshark successfully, you need to install the development files for the GTK+ and GLib libraries.

#apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev

Install Checkinstall to easier manage your softwares installed from their source code.

#apt-get install checkinstall
Download and uncompress the Wireshark source code:

#tar -xvf wireshark-0.99.5.tar.gz
Check the Wireshark dependencies:

#cd wireshark-0.99.5
#./configure
If you see this error message, you need to install the GTK+ and GLib libraries as indicated above:

checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed.
checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly installed.
configure: error: GLib2 distribution not found.

Compile and install the tool:

#make
#checkinstall

To launch Wireshark:

#wireshark
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