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wireshark: linux version

asked 2022-04-11 12:47:22 +0000

icegood1980 gravatar image

the laatest version i have in ubuntu 21.10 is 3.4.7

I wonder how do i get manually 3.6.3. Wny no dev-latest Repos created?

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The obvious quote here is "Use the Source Luke". I assume someone might put in the works to build binaries.But its's a daunting task.

hugo.vanderkooij gravatar imagehugo.vanderkooij ( 2022-04-11 13:59:46 +0000 )edit

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answered 2022-04-11 15:40:20 +0000

Chuckc gravatar image

updated 2022-04-11 15:40:51 +0000

Wny no dev-latest Repos created?

Looks like they move on once a new version of Ubuntu is out:
Ubuntu packages -Package wireshark

It's "not that difficult" to build - Build environment setup
The magic is in tools/debian-setup.sh which will install the packages needed for a build system.
Source is available on the Download page. Previous versions here.

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hmmm. unlike package installation, the installation via build doesn't work smoothly:

On Debian and Debian derivatives such as Ubuntu, if you have installed
Wireshark from a package, try running

sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common

selecting "<Yes>" in response to the question

Should non-superusers be able to capture packets?

adding yourself to the "wireshark" group by running

sudo usermod -a -G wireshark {your username}

and then logging out and logging back in again.

However, i did both reconfiguration and adding myself to group. What's wrong with manual installation?

icegood1980 gravatar imageicegood1980 ( 2022-04-11 18:30:36 +0000 )edit

You did make install or built a package after the build?

Chuckc gravatar imageChuckc ( 2022-04-11 18:44:06 +0000 )edit

sudo make install

icegood1980 gravatar imageicegood1980 ( 2022-04-11 18:55:38 +0000 )edit

Try the steps here: Running Wireshark as You

Chuckc gravatar imageChuckc ( 2022-04-11 19:35:07 +0000 )edit

Logout and log back in again.

Jaap gravatar imageJaap ( 2022-04-11 20:07:26 +0000 )edit

nothing works from above:

ice@ice-ubuntu:~:19982_8$ ls -la /usr/bin/dumpcap
-rwxrwxr-- 1 root wireshark 121344 июл 15  2021 /usr/bin/dumpcap

 getcap /usr/bin/dumpcap 
    /usr/bin/dumpcap
    cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw=eip

ice@ice-ubuntu:~:19987_13$ whoami 
ice

ice@ice-ubuntu:~:19979_4$ cat /etc/group | grep wire
wireshark:x:137:ice

relogin was done

icegood1980 gravatar imageicegood1980 ( 2022-04-12 07:24:53 +0000 )edit

seems i understand the issue. Ugly manual installation.

root@ice-ubuntu:/usr/local/bin# ls -la dumpcap -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382648 апр 11 20:54 dumpcap

they don't give a damn that dumpcap in /usr/local/bin should be adjusted as well.

So, do a repo w/o these manual things that noone does anymore for at least 10 years!

icegood1980 gravatar imageicegood1980 ( 2022-04-12 09:16:16 +0000 )edit

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