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diff --git a/README.Win32 b/README.Win32 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..503836e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.Win32 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +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. |