From 7bf6621e6e5388e95638e8b741d358c86bf80043 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil <phil@secdev.org> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:55:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated doc to speak about "corrupted zip" error --- doc/scapy/installation.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/scapy/installation.rst b/doc/scapy/installation.rst index 8f6a5040..ae29033a 100644 --- a/doc/scapy/installation.rst +++ b/doc/scapy/installation.rst @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Make sure you have Python installed before you go on. Latest release -------------- -Download the `latest version <http://scapy.net>`_ to a temporary directory and install it in the standard `distutils <http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html>`_ way:: +Download the `latest release <http://scapy.net>`_ to a temporary directory and install it in the standard `distutils <http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html>`_ way:: $ cd /tmp $ wget scapy.net @@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ $ sudo python setup.py install Alternatively, you can make the zip file executable, move it to a directory in your PATH and run it directly:: $ chmod +x scapy-latest.zip -$ mv scapy-latest.zip /usr/local/bin/scapy -$ sudo scapy +$ sudo ./scapy-latest.zip + +.. note:: + + To make a zip executable, some bytes have been added before the zip header. + Most zip programs handle this, but not all. If your zip program complains + about the zip file to be corrupted, either change it, or download a + non-executable zip at http://hg.secdev.org/scapy/archive/tip.zip Current development version ---------------------------- -- GitLab