How do I make a Debian .deb package of my build of Wireshark?
The developer's guide indicates there is (or used to be) a debian-package make target. Using the latest development version (commit 152b0c92d6, which builds and appears to run just fine), there is no such make target. Additionally, there is no packaging/debian folder. Do I need to pass any particular options to autogen.sh or configure to enable debian package output?
On windows, I would just invoke nmake -f Makefile.nmake packaging, and an NSIS installer that could be shared with anyone is generated automatically. I want to distribute a .deb in the same manner.
asked 25 Nov '14, 10:02
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Apparently maintaining the
debian-packagestuff was a headache or less-important use-case for most developers (see bug 8190). I'd still like to know how to make a Debian package of Wireshark (a pointer or two about how to get started would be good enough), so I'm leaving the question open.