Compiling ntop on Windows – Part 2

Download MinGW-5.0.2 and run the installer

• From the install type dropdown menu – Select Minimal install
  • In the box under the dropdown, check the g++ compiler and MinGW Make Options
• Install in the default folder (C:\MinGW)

Download MSYS-1.0.10 and run the installer

• Install in the default folder (C:\msys\1.0)
• When asked if you want to go through the post install configuration, answer yes
  • When the question is asked: Do you have MinGW installed? [yn ] Answer y
  • When the question is asked: Where is your MinGW installation? Answer c:/mingw
• You should see the following at the end of the configuration process:

Oh joy, you do not have c:/mingw/bin/make.exe. Keep it that way.

C:\msys\1.0\postinstall>pause
Press any key to continue.....

Download OpenSSL 0.9.8b binary distribution

• Install this at C:\OpenSSL

Download WinPcap 3.1 Installer for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista and the Developers Pack

• Run the WinPcap 3.1 Auto Installer

Now update your path statement by Right Clicking on My Computer -> Properties
Go to the Advanced Tab and press the Environment Variables button

• Append c:\mingw\bin and c:\msys\1.0\bin to your PATH

Browse to the c:\MinGW folder and create a folder under it called ntop-3.2.2
Under C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2 create another folder called ntop

Download the ntop source

• Now unzip the contents of the Ntop zip file to C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2\ntop

Browse to the C:\MinGW\include folder and create a folder under it called openssl – then browse to the openssl folder you just created.

In a second explorer window, Browse to the C:\OpenSSL\include\openssl folder. Select all files in that folder and copy them to your original folder window, which should be at: C:\MinGW\include\openssl

Create folder openssl-0.9.8b under C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2. Copy libeay32.a and ssleay32.a from C:\OpenSSL\lib\MinGW to C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2\openssl-0.9.8b.

Unzip WpdPack_3_1.zip (WinPcap Developers pack) in C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2 and rename the WpdPack folder to winpcap-3.1.

Create folder mysql under C:\MinGW\include and copy all files in the C:\MinGW\ntop-3.2.2\mysql-5.0.24\include folder to it.

Your folder tree should look like this (only most important folders
shown):

c:\mingw
|
+--include
| |
| +--mysql
| |
| +--openssl
|
+--ntop-3.2.2
|
+--gdbm-1.8.3
|
+--graphics
| |
| +--gd-2.0.33
| | |
| | +--libpng-1.2.12
| |
| +--zlib-1.2.3
|
+--mysql-5.0.24
|
+--ntop
| |
| +--docs
|
+--openssl-0.9.8b
|
+--pcre-6.7
| |
| +--.libs
|
+--rrdtool-1.2.15
| |
| +--src
| |
| +--release
|
+--winpcap-3.1
|
+--Include
|
+--Lib

Run MSYS and type the following commands:

cd /mingw/ntop-3.2.2/ntop/
make -f Makefile.mingw depend (lots of warnings… don’t worry)
make -f Makefile.mingw (lots of warnings… don’t worry)

It should compile fine

Open a command prompt and CD to \mingw\ntop-3.2.2\ntop. Try

ntop /h

You might get the following error in a message box:

“ntop.exe- Unable to locate DLL. The dynamic link library packet could
not be found in the specified path.”

If this happens, run the command below:

copy %WINDIR%\system32\packet.dll packet

and run

ntop /h

again. It should display the help. Then try

ntop /c

and it should run in console mode.