Re: how do I compile/install a plugin?

Yeah that's exactly what I did, and no *.so file :(  I don't see 
anything in the Makefile that says anything about any *.so files.  The 
*.la file says that the library needs to be installed in 
/usr/local/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0, but that directory does not 
exist.  I want the *.so file to be in 
/opt/local/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0 b/c that's where the other 
plugins are.

One of my friends told me yesterday that plugins have to be disabled on 
Mac OS X in order for ethereal to compile on that platform.  Is this 
true?  Maybe that's what's going on?

-Nathan


kyan-ki kyan-ki wrote:
> You just need to have *.so file to add a plugin.
> To build it, try "make all" in the directory concerned by the plugin.
> Normally, you should have a *.so file copied into :
> /usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0
> or
> /usr/local/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0
> or
> /opt/local/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0
> It depends on the directory mentionned in the *.la file.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Nathan Peterson <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: Ethereal development <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Ethereal-dev] how do I compile/install a plugin?
>> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:56:11 -0500
>>
>> I'm having some trouble just trying to figure out how to do a simple 
>> compile and install of a ethereal dissector plugin.  I am using OS X 
>> on intel.  I downloaded the source code for 0.99.0 and I see that 
>> there is a plugins directory in the source tree.  If I run ./configure 
>> and then make in the plugins directory I get some *.la files.  Then I 
>> tried copying one of the *.la files into the plugins directory of my 
>> darwin ports install of ethereal (i.e. 
>> /opt/local/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.99.0/)
>>
>> I can't seem to get anything to work.  I tried modifying the source 
>> code of one of the plugins to use a different tcp port just to see if 
>> it is working, but it didn't seem to do anything.  Is there a way to 
>> tell if the plugin has loaded or not?  Do I need a *.so file?  All of 
>> the other plugins in that directory have *.la and *.so, but when I 
>> compile I only get a *.la file.  Sorry for my ignorance.  I'm kind of 
>> in a time crunch and I don't see much documentation on this.  Any help 
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>> -Nathan
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