How to Compile Wireshark 1.2.2 on Ubuntu 9.04

 How to Compile Wireshark 1.2.2 on Ubuntu 9.04

Before compiling wireshark on Ubuntu, you need to install the following required packages:

build-essential
bison
flex
libgtk2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev
libpcap0.8-dev

Type the following commands into your terminal to install the packages:

$ sudo aptitude install build-essential bison flex libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libpcap0.8-dev

Download wireshark source, extract and compile it:

$ tar xvjf wireshark-1.2.2.tar.bz2
$ cd wireshark-1.2.2
$ ./configure && make
$ sudo make install

Then you gonna need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in ~/.bashrc and /etc/environment:

$ echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib" >> ~/.bashrc
$ sudo su
# echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/environment
# exit

Restart your machine.

Now, to run wireshark as root:

$ sudo su
# wireshark 

Posted 10th October 2009 by Andrew Thanalertvisuti