On 2011-12-30 18:44, stan wrote:
I have a number of Ubuntu workstations that I use at work. I keep
these at
the latest Ubuntu LTS version, which is presently 10.04. I have a
contracot
working for me who has installed Wireshark on his Windoze laptop. I
was
comparing some captures with him reoate to DNP, and much to my
suprsie his
version seems to do a better job of understanding these packets.
Checking I realized that the version of Wireshark that he has is a
later version
than I have, even though I update my machines on an almost daily
basis.
How can I make certain I have a current version of Wireshark on my
Ubuntu LTS machines?
Hi,
You do so by making sure to update from the Ubuntu channels. That still
leaves
the question who defines what 'latest version' means? The Ubuntu
developers
have frozen their Wireshark package at release 1.2.7, with additional
patches
maintained by them.
So, in the context of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, you have the latest release.
Upstream,
that is the Wireshark developer group, has released newer versions,
which will
eventually be packaged for newer Ubuntu distributions.
One option is to tap a newer software channel, using apt pinning (at
least that's
what Debian uses).
As already suggested, you could opt to build your own Wireshark, but be
aware that
it depends on various libraries, which may not be available or not at
the right
release in your distribution.
PS: You may want to invest in installing a spell checker. It's true
just the first
and last letter of a word need to be in the right place, and one can
leave of all
vowels, but it makes reading your email tough, unpleasant maybe.
Thanks,
Jaap
