Anyone tried to installed this b4, i downloaded it in rpm, and extracted it....but there is no sign of extraction -> i mean the directory of it.... anyway, is there any1 can recommend me to download it and the way to install it.... thank you very much!!! ps:using RH9

When you extracted it, did you literally extract it or install it? The command should have been something like: # rpm -ivh ethereal-1.2.3.rpm My binary ended up /usr/X11R6/bin/ethereal Once installed, to get the most out of it you have to run it as root: # ethereal For a graphical view of your network, try etherape.

Etherape seem nice....but i am using redhat 9, it has for RH8 , and need libdb.so.3 :'(

You could still try it and see if it works. I installed the redhat v8 one on my slackware v9.1 box and it works fine. You should be able to find any dependencies needed (eg libdb.so.3) from http://rpmfind.net

open a root terminal and type: # rpm -ivh \ http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm This will install the Yellowdog Updater, Modified, which will allow you to update and upgrade your redhat 9 software without worrying about dependency issues. Once yum installs, you can issue commands from the root command prompt such as the following. Note the # represents the root prompt. Update the software list of available software for your machine with: # yum update This will probably list some immediate updates that will want to be install to patch you system up to current security standards. you'll be prompted to answer yes or no to perform the upgrades. Upgrade all available software to current release with: # yum upgrade Search for software available by typing for instance: # yum search eth* which will list software available at the download site and/or already installed on your machine that matches eth*, ie: ethereal, ethtool, etc. Install software that you want with, ie: # yum install ethereal ethereal-gnome This not only gets and installs the software, but it also figures out if the software is dependant upon other software and it downloads and installs that software to meet the dependencies automatically. You can read about yum at http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/ There are other package managers like (apt-get /synaptic), (up2date/gnome-up2date), (rug/RedCarpet), All have GUI interfaces that yum does not yet have and RedCarpet requires a commitment to the Ximian Desktop Installation which does support RH9. I've used them all think that yum is the best to start with. Also, don't use multiple package managers unless you are willing to possibly fight with dependency issues between them. There are multiple yum and apt archives all over the internet where different people or groups maintain extra or newer software than the software than is available in the default /etc/yum.conf or /etc/apt/sources files that define where you retrieve your files from. I advise not adding in these without worrying about potential dependency problems that might occur between multiple sites with the way in which they create these software package rpm files. If you want to push the envelope, however, go to www.google.com and enter "apt yum repositories" and you will find many software sites available. Good luck.

HI, i experienced this prob...: # yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base retrygrab() failed for: http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/9/i386/headers/header.info Executing failover method failover: out of servers to try Error getting file http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/9/i386/headers/header.info [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden ( The ISA Server denies the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL). ) how can i cope with it? Thanks

FYI I successfully installed and used redcarpet on mandrake v9.0 without having a ximian desktop (although I was using evolution).