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How can I make my custom packet dissector distributable?

I built a custom packet dissector and I wanted to export it to others such that they don't have to rebuild their wireshark from source. I looked up README.plugins and README.developers for it but couldn't figure out a way to do this.

Typically, the target people for this dissector are people working on Linux environments (I have also developed the dissector on Ubuntu), and most of them have installed wireshark through sudo apt, therefore I want my plugin to be distributed as a simple binary or something which they can copy to their installations or maybe install on top of their current wireshark installation.

How can I make my custom packet dissector distributable?

I built a custom packet dissector and I wanted to export it to others such that they don't have to rebuild their wireshark from source. I looked up README.plugins and README.developers for it but couldn't figure out a way to do this.

Typically, the target people for this dissector are people working on Linux environments (I have also developed the dissector on Ubuntu), and most of them have installed wireshark through sudo apt, therefore I want my plugin to be distributed as a simple binary or something which they can copy to their installations or maybe install on top of their current wireshark installation.

edit: I wrote the dissector in C.