Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] size of wireshark installation files

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cruz, Petagay wrote:
> hi, how can I reduce the size of the wireshark library produced in 'make 
> install'?  I built without plugins.   what is using all the space?

Well, for starters, all the dissectors - plugins *aren't* part of the 
library, they're loaded at run time, but almost all the disssectors in 
Wireshark are built in, so they're part of the library.

There's currently no easy way to select a subset of dissectors to include.

The rest of it is the Wireshark "core" to support dissection, taps, 
etc.; that can't be removed.