Delivering binary packages, makes it much easier for the end-users to install Ethereal on their target system. This section will explain how the binary packages are made.
The "Nullsoft Install System" is a free installer generator for win32
based systems, instructions how to install it can be found in Section 2.17, “Win32: NSIS (optional)”.
NSIS is script based, you will find the Ethereal installer
generation script at: packaging/nsis/ethereal.nsi
.
You will probably have to modify the config.nmake
file to specify where the NSIS binaries are
installed and wether to use the modern UI (which is recommended) or not.
In the ethereal directory, type:
>
nmake -f makefile.nmake packaging
to build the installer.
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Please be patient while the compression is done, it will take some time (a few minutes!) even on fast machines. |
If everything went well, you will now find something like:
ethereal-setup-0.10.11.exe
in
the packaging/nsis
directory.