Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Installing Plugin on an existing Wireshark installation

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Sure you can create an Wireshark installer for Win32, an RPM, a deb etc.
The question here was for an installer that would _add_ a plugin to an 
_existing_ Wireshark installation. That is not what your proposal does.

Thanx,
Jaap

Pascal Heude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can have a look to this site 
> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/custom_dissector.aspx and go to step 
> 12. There is a short description of how to build a wireshark installer 
> that you can give to your colleague.
>
> Pascal
>
> Jaap Keuter a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > There two parts to your question:
> > 1. How do I create a plugin from my dissector
> > 2. How do I install my plugin with a Wireshark installation
> >
> > The answer to question 1 you already figured out by reading README.plugin, I 
> > presume. This gives you a loadable module which you'll have to provide to your 
> > colleagues. They will have to put it in the appropriate location in their 
> > Wireshark installation. There's no dedicated installer for that.
> > Note that the version of Wireshark you build your plugin for must match the 
> > version your colleagues use.
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Jaap
> >
> > Chirag Lathia wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I have written my own dissector for a protocol in the epan/dissector 
> > > folder. It compiles, runs, installs well. Now, I want to give it to a my 
> > > colleagues who refrain from installing Wireshark all over again. Is 
> > > there any way I can compile my dissector code and create an installer 
> > > which will simply install my dissector as a plugin on an existing 
> > > Wireshark installation.
> > >
> > > I read various Wireshark Developer manuals on the website as well as the 
> > > READMEs, but all of them only had information on how to build the plugin 
> > > "along with" the source.
> > >
> > > Help would be much appreciated. Thank You.
> > >
> > > ~Chirag.