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diff --git a/README.Win32 b/README.Win32 deleted file mode 100644 index 503836e..0000000 --- a/README.Win32 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -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 -libpcap-based applications under Windows. - -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 -for IPv6 support. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/sdk -- 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 -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) -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 -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 -generated in winpcap\wpcap\prj. - -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. |