Installable packages for Windows, Red Hat Linux/Fedora, and Solaris can be found on the main Ethereal web site and its mirrors. Ethereal is open source software, which means that you also have complete access to its source code.
Development source packages and Windows installers created by Buildbot are available at the following locations:
Binary distributions and ready-to-compile packages are available for most platforms. Please note these packages may depend on external libraries including GLib/GTK+, libpcap, Net-SNMP, PCRE, and GNU ADNS. You may have to download and install them before installing Ethereal.
| Platform | Location(s) |
|---|---|
| Apple Computer: Mac OS X |
Fink Project DarwinPorts |
| Be (Palm?): BeOS |
BeBits |
| Debian: Debian GNU/Linux |
stable, testing, unstable |
| The FreeBSD Project: FreeBSD |
ports |
| Gentoo Technologies: Gentoo Linux |
portage |
| HP: Tru64 Unix |
The Written Word (4.0d, 5.1) |
| HP: HP-UX |
UK,
Germany,
Netherlands,
US,
Canada,
South Africa
(more mirrors are listed on each site's home page), The Written Word (10.20, 11.00, 11.11) |
| IBM: AIX |
Bull archive,
Vienna University mirror,
UCLA mirror The Written Word (4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2) |
| Mandriva: Mandriva Linux |
Cooker |
| Microsoft: Windows (Intel, 32-bit) |
local archive OPENEXTRA |
| NetBSD Foundation: NetBSD |
packages |
| OpenBSD: OpenBSD |
ports |
| PLD Team: PLD Linux |
FTP site |
| Red Hat: Red Hat Linux |
RPMFind (requires glibc) Henri Gomez The Written Word (7.1) local archive |
| ROCK Linux: ROCK Linux |
package |
| SCO (formerly Caldera): UnixWare/OpenUnix |
Skunkware: UnixWare 7 Open UNIX 8 |
| SGI: Irix |
The Written Word (6.5) SGI Freeware |
| Slackware Linux: Slackware Linux |
Linux Packages |
| Sun Microsystems: Solaris/Intel |
Solaris 01/01 update (unsupported) |
| Sun Microsystems: Solaris/SPARC |
local archive (8, 9) The Written Word (2.5.1 - 9) Sunfreeware.com (7, 8) Solaris 8 and 9 Companion Software CDs (unsupported) |
| SuSE: SuSE Linux |
SuSE FTP site. Mirrors are also available. |
If you know of any binary distribution not listed here, please send mail to ethereal-web[AT]ethereal.com .
[1] Each Ethereal package produced by The Written Word depends on the ATK, Expat, fcpackage, fonts, FreeType, HiColor Icon Theme, gettext, GLib, GTK+, JPEG, libiconv, libpng, Net-SNMP, Pango, PCRE, Perl, TIFF, and Zlib packages. Please refer to The Written Word's documentation for installation instructions. Please do not call The Written Word for support. Email free-support[AT]thewrittenword.com with questions.
A menagerie of capture files is available on our sample captures page.
The Ethereal User's Guide is available in several different formats on the documentation page.
AIX is a registered trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. Tru64 is a registered trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation. Debian is a registered trademark of Software In The Public Interest, Inc. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of Walnut Creek CDROM, Inc. HP-UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. Irix is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. LinuxPPC is a trademark of Jeff Carr. Mac OS is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. NetBSD is a registered trademark of the NetBSD Foundation. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. SCO and Unixware are registered trademarks of Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Slackware is a registered trademark of Patrick Volkerding. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SuSE is a registered trademark of SuSE AG. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc. All other trademarks on this site are property of their respective owners.