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

From: "Chirag Lathia" <chirag.lathia@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:08:52 -0700
Hi,

Thanks Jaap for your reply. That solved the problem. And, thanks Pascal but I had already created an installer with the plugin, but as I said my colleagues do not wish to install Wireshark afresh.

Thanks,
Chirag.

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
>>>

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