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Re: Where did the ethereal binary go?



Bill Moseley wrote:
> $ apt-cache policy ethereal
> ethereal:
>   Installed: 0.99.2-4
>   Candidate: 0.99.2-4
>   Version table:
>  *** 0.99.2-4 0
>         500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=ethereal&version=unstable&arch=i386
> 
> 
> FILE                                                       PACKAGE
> usr/bin/ethereal					   net/ethereal
> 
> 
> $ rm -rf ether
> 
> $ dpkg-deb -x /var/cache/apt/archives/ethereal_0.99.2-4_i386.deb ether
> 
> $ find ether
> ether
> ether/usr
> ether/usr/share
> ether/usr/share/doc
> ether/usr/share/doc/ethereal
> ether/usr/share/doc/ethereal/copyright
> ether/usr/share/doc/ethereal/changelog.gz
> ether/usr/share/doc/ethereal/changelog.Debian.gz
> 
> Did the binary get moved someplace else?

Ethereal's name was recently changed to wireshark. The ethereal package
is now just a "transitional package so ethereal users get wireshark on
upgrades."

You should find that the wireshark package is installed on your system.
The binary is now, wireshark.

Rick
-- 
Rick's Law - What cannot be imagined will be accomplished by a fool.

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