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This document contains instructions on how to build and install Wireshark on Windows
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using GCC and MinGW-w64 with the MSYS2 distribution.
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The MSYS2 installer can be downloaded from https://www.msys2.org.
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Wireshark is available as an MSYS2 binary package[1]. It can be installed using pacman,
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for example using the UCRT64 shell:
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$ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-wireshark
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If you wish to build wireshark from source code keep reading.
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How to build Wireshark from source:
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1. Open the shell for the selected 64-bit environment.
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2. Build using CMake + Ninja:
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$ cd $srcdir
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$ mkdir build && cd build
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$ cmake ..
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$ ninja
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$ ninja test # optional
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$ ninja install # optional
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The application should be launched using the same shell. Alternatively you
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can also use the PKGBUILD included in the Wireshark distribution.
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Currently the MSYS2 build has the following limitations compared to
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the build using Visual Studio (MSVC):
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* The Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) extcap cannot be compiled using MinGW-w64.
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* Lua version is 5.1 (MSVC uses Lua 5.2) and does not have UTF-8 patches[2].
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* Enhanced Kerberos dissection with decryption is not available.
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* AirPcap SDK is not available. AirPcap is EOL and currently there is no plan to
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add support for it with MSYS2 builds.
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* TODO: Add a stand-alone distributable binary installer that can be
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deployed outside the MSYS2 environment.
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References:
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[1]https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-wireshark
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[2]https://github.com/Lekensteyn/lua-unicode
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