Lucent Technologies manual Update Ethereal, Update WinPcap, Uninstall Ethereal

Building and Installing Ethereal

install WinPcap, if none or an older version is detected. More WinPcap info:

•Ethereal related: http://wiki.ethereal.com/WinPcap

•General WinPcap info: http://www.winpcap.org

2.8.2.1.Manual WinPcap Installation

The following is only necessary if you want to try a different version than the one included in the Ethereal installer, e.g. because a new WinPcap (beta) version was released.

Additional WinPcap versions (including newer alpha or beta releases) can be downloaded from the following locations:

•The main WinPcap site: http://www.winpcap.org

•The ethereal.com mirror: http://winpcap.mirror.ethereal.com

•The Wiretapped.net mirror: http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/security/packet-capture/winpcap

At the download page you will find a single installer exe called something like "auto-installer", which can be installed under various Windows systems, including 9x/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP.

2.8.3. Update Ethereal

From time to time you may want to update your installed Ethereal to a more recent version. If you join Ethereal's announce mailing list, you will be informed about new Ethereal versions, see Sec- tion 1.7.4, “Mailing Lists” for details how to subscribe to this list.

New versions of Ethereal usually become available every 4-8 weeks. Updating Ethereal is done the same way as installing it, you simply download and start the installer exe. A reboot is usually not re- quired and all your personal settings remain unchanged.

2.8.4. Update WinPcap

New versions of WinPcap are less frequently available, maybe only once in a year. You will find WinPcap update instructions where you can download new WinPcap versions. Usually you have to reboot the machine after installing a new WinPcap version.

Warning!

If you have an older version of WinPcap installed, you must un-install it before in- stalling the current version. Recent versions of the WinPcap installer will take care of this.

2.8.5. Uninstall Ethereal

You can uninstall Ethereal the usual way, using the "Add or Remove Programs" option inside the Control Panel. Select the "Ethereal" entry to start the uninstallation procedure.

The Ethereal uninstaller will provide several options which things to be uninstalled, the default is to remove the core components but keep the personal settings, WinPcap and alike.

WinPcap won't be uninstalled by default, as other programs than Ethereal may use it as well.

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