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

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:14:58 -0700
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.