Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector Portability

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Into wireshark,
 Help / About wireshark / Folders,
 you can see something like:
- Personal Plugins    /home/<user>/.wireshark/plugins
- Global Plugings   /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins (or another one)
These are the directories where you can put :
- your <dissector>.so
- your <dissector>.la

If your dissector is compiled on 32 bits Linux distribution, then you 
can NOT use it on 64 bits.
If your dissector is compiled on 64 bits Linux distribution, then you 
can NOT use it on 32 bits.

User Wireshark version should be more or less the same that compiling 
Wireshark version.
Version 1.2.X should work on 1.2.X.
Version 1.2.X should NOT work on 1.0.X.
...


Olivier


Chiru Reddy a �crit :
> Brain,
>
> I could get the answer
>
>    1. If wireshark is compiled on a machine ...... If we place our
>       dissector(.so) in 
>       */usr/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.0.0/.... *it works straight away
>    2. If wireshark for a machine came with distribution (Fedora) ,that
>       does not have the above patch.In such case keep the .so file in
>       /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.0.0/......
>
>
> Please let me know if iam not clear
>
>
>
>
> Regards
> Chiru
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Brian Oleksa 
> <oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Chiru
>
>     I am not sure I understand your question.
>
>     When I go out in the field... I carry my usb stick with me. On the
>     stick
>     I will have my .so file and .dll file (for windows and linux). As long
>     as that machine has wireshark installed on it...I drop my file in
>     place,
>     start wireshark and see
>     my dissector working.
>
>     That machine now has wireshark and my dissector in place... there
>     is no
>     need to install wireshark again.
>
>     Not sure if this helps...if needed...can you collaborate some more..??
>
>     Thanks,
>     Brian
>
>
>
>     Chiru Reddy wrote:
>     > Thanks Brain
>     >
>     > But if they have the wireshark  which came with distribution ,is
>     there
>     > a way to plugin this dissector into that machine.so that they
>     need not
>     > install wireshark again.
>     >
>     > Regards
>     > Chiru
>     >
>     > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Brian Oleksa
>     > <oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:oleksab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Chiru
>     >
>     >     Yes....if you developed your dissector on your local linux
>     >     machine...once you compiled it... it will create a <your
>     >     dissector>.so file.
>     >
>     >     This .so file can be given to someone that is running Fedora
>     with
>     >     wireshark installed and they can then run your dissector.
>     >
>     >     All they have to do is put the .so file in the plugin
>     directory and it
>     >     will work.
>     >
>     >     Hopes this helps.
>     >
>     >     Thanks,
>     >     Brian
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     Chiru Reddy wrote:
>     >     > Hi All
>     >     >
>     >     > I have developed a dissector .
>     >     > Can some one use this dissector on their PC's with out
>     compiling
>     >     > wireshark source.
>     >     > Can i install this plugin to a Fedora supplied wireshark.
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks in Advance
>     >     > Chiranjeevi
>     >     >
>     >     >
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