Setup a Sguil Client in 8-Steps using VMware Player and VMWare Browser-Appliance

The Browser-Appliance available from VMware provides a good platform* for getting a demo Sguil Client up and running with ethereal and firefox web browser.  
1. Download and install virtual machine player VMware Player here:
    http://www.vmware.com/download/
2. Download the Browser-Appliance virtual machine and run as described here:
     http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/80
3. Open a terminal from within the running Browser-Appliance virtual machine
   Click: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
4. Open super user shell**   
  $ sudo su -  
5. Install Sguil-related dependencies using the debian package manager apt-get***: 
  # apt-get install tclx8.4 tcllib iwidgets4 ethereal cvs
  # ln -s /usr/bin/ethereal /usr/sbin/ethereal
6. Exit super user shell
  # exit
7. Download and install sguil client as described here: http://sguil.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=download
  $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@sguil.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sguil login 
  $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@sguil.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sguil co sguil 
8. Start the Sguil client
  $ cd ~/sguil/client/
  $ ./sguil.tk 
   Now you are ready to login to the demo site!
--[[User:Johnc|Johnc]] 15:15, 31 December 2025 (PST)
--[[User:Johnc|Johnc]] 07:33, 12 November 2025 (PST) - updated link to BrowserAppliance 
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 * The underlying operating system for the Browser-Appliance is debian-based Ubuntu.
 ** Sudo will prompt for the password of the default user 'vmware'. 
    You can change/set the password this way:
      Click: System -> Preferences -> About Me -> Change Password
 *** For those unfamiliar with using the 'apt-get' command: should you receive
 error  messages during installation, try running 'apt-get update' and then 
 re-running the original apt-get command.  You may find you need to do this 
 serveral times before all required software packages are updated or installed.
 Also, since Ethereal will install under /usr/bin/ethereal, we can create a link to where Sguil expects the binary.