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diff --git a/README.Win32 b/README.Win32 index 503836e341f1..0a42dab93d4b 100644 --- a/README.Win32 +++ b/README.Win32 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Under Win32, libpcap is integrated in the WinPcap packet capture system. -WinPcap provides a framework that allows libpcap to capture the packets -under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 +Under Win32, libpcap is integrated in the WinPcap packet capture system. +WinPcap provides a framework that allows libpcap to capture the packets +under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. -WinPcap binaries and source code can be found at http://winpcap.polito.it: -they include also a developer's pack with all the necessary to compile +WinPcap binaries and source code can be found at http://winpcap.polito.it: +they include also a developer's pack with all the necessary to compile libpcap-based applications under Windows. How to compile libpcap with Visual Studio @@ -12,35 +12,35 @@ How to compile libpcap with Visual Studio In order to compile libpcap you will need: - version 6 (or higher) of Microsoft Visual Studio -- The November 2001 (or later) edition of Microsoft Platform -Software Development Kit (SDK), that contains some necessary includes +- The November 2001 (or later) edition of Microsoft Platform +Software Development Kit (SDK), that contains some necessary includes for IPv6 support. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/sdk -- the latest WinPcap sources from http://winpcap.polito.it/install +- the latest WinPcap sources from http://winpcap.polito.it/install -The WinPcap source code already contains a recent (usually the latest -stable) version of libpcap. If you need to compile a different one, -simply download it from www.tcpdump.org and copy the sources in the +The WinPcap source code already contains a recent (usually the latest +stable) version of libpcap. If you need to compile a different one, +simply download it from www.tcpdump.org and copy the sources in the winpcap\wpcap\libpcap folder of the WinPcap distribution. If you want to -compile a libpcap source retrieved from the tcpdump.org Git, you will -have to create the scanner and the grammar by hand (with lex and yacc) +compile a libpcap source retrieved from the tcpdump.org Git, you will +have to create the scanner and the grammar by hand (with lex and yacc) or with the cygnus makefile, since The Visual Studio project is not able to build them. -Open the project file winpcap\wpcap\prj\wpcap.dsw with Visual Studio and -build wpcap.dll. wpcap.lib, the library file to link with the applications, -will be generated in winpcap\wpcap\lib\. wpcap.dll will be generated in -winpcap\wpcap\prj\release or winpcap\wpcap\prj\debug depending on the type +Open the project file winpcap\wpcap\prj\wpcap.dsw with Visual Studio and +build wpcap.dll. wpcap.lib, the library file to link with the applications, +will be generated in winpcap\wpcap\lib\. wpcap.dll will be generated in +winpcap\wpcap\prj\release or winpcap\wpcap\prj\debug depending on the type of binary that is being created. How to compile libpcap with Cygnus ---------------------------------- -To build wpcap.dll, cd to the directory WPCAP/PRJ of the WinPcap source code -distribution and type "make". libwpcap.a, the library file to link with the -applications, will be generated in winpcap\wpcap\lib\. wpcap.dll will be +To build wpcap.dll, cd to the directory WPCAP/PRJ of the WinPcap source code +distribution and type "make". libwpcap.a, the library file to link with the +applications, will be generated in winpcap\wpcap\lib\. wpcap.dll will be generated in winpcap\wpcap\prj. -Remember, you CANNOT use the MSVC-generated .lib files with gcc, use +Remember, you CANNOT use the MSVC-generated .lib files with gcc, use libwpcap.a instead. "make install" installs wpcap.dll in the Windows system folder. |