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Any helpful link on how to start building wireshark environment on linux machine.?

asked 02 Jun '14, 12:31

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Any helpful link on how to start building wireshark environment on linux machine.?

Hm.. what's missing in the Wireshark developers guide?

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcObtain.html
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcBuildFirstTime.html#_building_on_unix

Regards
Kurt

answered 02 Jun '14, 12:41

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Kurt Knochner ♦
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do I need to install some software/tool too or just start building it?

(02 Jun '14, 12:45) aman

That depends on your Linux distribution and the packages already installed. As you did not disclose any of that information, it's impossible to answer your questions.

(02 Jun '14, 12:47) Kurt Knochner ♦