[l008com]

So on my Tiger iBook, I installed fink 0.80. Then I downloaded the newest Fink commander. I already have X11 installed off my OS X dvd. So then I launched Fink Commander, clicked on Ethereal (not the SSL one). I clicked to compile from source. Lots of scrolling commands for a few minutes, then I see 'done'. I kick open X11 terminal, type ethereal, and get this:

Code:
% ethereal

(ethereal:1046): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Can not open pixbuf loader module file '/sw/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders': No such file or directory

(ethereal:1046): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type 'xpm' is not supported

(ethereal:1046): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkpixbuf-render.c: line 293 (gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask_for_colormap): assertion `GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

** (ethereal:1046): WARNING **: No builtin or dynamically loaded modules
were found. Pango will not work correctly. This probably means
there was an error in the creation of:
  '/sw/etc/pango/pango.modules'
You may be able to recreate this file by running pango-querymodules.

Ive also tried installing the binary, I've tried it on multiple computers. Nothing I do works. I don't know much about this unixey stuff so I have no idea what to try now. The messages make no sense to me. I really need ethereal, thats about all I DO know. Please help if you can.

[__^^__]

Do you have the directory /sw/etc on your system?

[l008com]

Yup

[Kristoff]

Just download the source and ./configure, make, make install

Works for me.

But, I hate Fink.

[phoenix78]

I did it fine using darwin ports...

It just took an "increadibly long time" (approx 1.5hrs!!!!) to build all the support programs that ethereal requires... and that was over cable modem too... although i think it was mainly slow because of the 'build' phases...

Darwim ports is also made simple because of the gui version of it. it does the job but the gui is horrible in the way that it responds.. not very elegant...lol

have ya played around with the networking tools that us in the utilities folder that came with the osx?? its pretty nice but it doesnt have tcpdump though

cheers,
robM

[rwhiffen]

Somethings wrong with your fink me-thinks.... Because my imac just gave me the following for a binary install:

Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following extra packages will be installed:
atk1-shlibs glib2-shlibs gtk+2-shlibs libjpeg-shlibs libpcap-shlibs
libpng3-shlibs libtiff-shlibs pango1-xft2-shlibs pcre-shlibs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
atk1-shlibs ethereal glib2-shlibs gtk+2-shlibs libjpeg-shlibs libpcap-shlibs
libpng3-shlibs libtiff-shlibs pango1-xft2-shlibs pcre-shlibs
0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.3MB of archives. After unpacking 46.4MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main libpcap-shlibs 0.8.3-11 [72.6kB]
Get:2 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main glib2-shlibs 2.4.6-6 [398kB]
Get:3 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main atk1-shlibs 1.6.1-3 [82.9kB]
Get:4 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main libjpeg-shlibs 6b-16 [72.9kB]
Get:5 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main libpng3-shlibs 1:1.2.8-1 [184kB]
Get:6 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main libtiff-shlibs 3.6.1-4 [110kB]
Get:7 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main pango1-xft2-shlibs 1.6.0-1 [364kB]
Get:8 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main gtk+2-shlibs 2.4.9-8 [2066kB]
Get:9 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main pcre-shlibs 4.2-2 [174kB]
Get:10 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4-transitional/release/main ethereal 0.10.9-11 [9774kB]
Fetched 13.3MB in 1m22s (161kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libpcap-shlibs.
(Reading database ... 6198 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libpcap-shlibs (from .../libpcap-shlibs_0.8.3-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package glib2-shlibs.
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Selecting previously deselected package pango1-xft2-shlibs.
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Selecting previously deselected package gtk+2-shlibs.
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Selecting previously deselected package pcre-shlibs.
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Selecting previously deselected package ethereal.
Unpacking ethereal (from .../ethereal_0.10.9-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Setting up libpcap-shlibs (0.8.3-11) ...
Setting up glib2-shlibs (2.4.6-6) ...
Setting up atk1-shlibs (1.6.1-3) ...
Setting up libjpeg-shlibs (6b-16) ...
Setting up libpng3-shlibs (1.2.8-1) ...
Setting up libtiff-shlibs (3.6.1-4) ...
Setting up pango1-xft2-shlibs (1.6.0-1) ...
Setting up gtk+2-shlibs (2.4.9-8) ...
Setting up pcre-shlibs (4.2-2) ...
Setting up ethereal (0.10.9-11) ...


If you just started with Fink, I'd blow it away and start again. You can just delete the /sw directory and install the packaga again. Then go to the fink commander website and get the latest 0.5.4 release. After that, you have to do a Source->scanpackages and Source->Utilities->index.

Alternatively you could try (in fink commander 0.5.4):
source->utilities->cleanup
source->scanpackages
source->utilities->index
Select Ethereal in the package list
binary->install

The reason I think you've got something out of sorts is the library you're complaining about isn't in /sw/etc anymore. So something's wrong with your fink.

Rich

[DevNine]

I get a (ethereal:7477): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: when I don't run ethereal as root on my box.Solution, run it as root.

[rwhiffen]

hmmmm that's strange. Wonder why your X11.app isn't allowing local apps to pop to it. If you open X11.app and open an xterm, you can run "xhost +" which will disable authentication for that session only. Then try to run ethereal.

Rich