net-analyzer/wireshark

network protocol analyzer, formerly known as Ethereal.

Versions

Slot	Version	Repository	Platforms
0	4.6.0	net	~amd64	~arm	armv7?	~armv8	~x86

Metadata

Homepage	https://www.wireshark.org
Summary	network protocol analyzer, formerly known as Ethereal
Description	Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is a network protocol analyzer, or packet sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality packet analyzer for Unix, and the most useful packet analyzer on any platform.
Upstream documentation	https://www.wireshark.org/docs
Dependencies	( ( build: sys-devel/cmake[>=3.24.0] ) ( build: dev-util/desktop-file-utils ) ( build: x11-misc/shared-mime-info ) ( build+run: python_abis:3.9? ( dev-lang/python:3.9 ) python_abis:3.10? ( dev-lang/python:3.10 ) python_abis:3.11? ( dev-lang/python:3.11 ) python_abis:3.12? ( dev-lang/python:3.12 ) python_abis:3.13? ( dev-lang/python:3.13 ) ) ( build: app-text/asciidoctor[>=1.5] sys-devel/flex sys-devel/gettext virtual/pkg-config[>=0.15.0] doc? ( app-doc/doxygen app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5 app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets dev-libs/libxslt ) gui? ( providers:qt5? ( x11-libs/qttools:5[>=5.15.0] ) providers:qt6? ( x11-libs/qttools:6 ) ) build+run: dev-libs/glib:2[>=2.50.0] dev-libs/libgcrypt[>=1.8.0] dev-libs/libgpg-error dev-libs/libpcap[>=0.8] dev-libs/libxml2:2.0[>=2.9.7] dev-libs/pcre2 dev-libs/xxHash dev-perl/Parse-Yapp group/wireshark media-libs/speexdsp net-dns/c-ares[>=1.13.0] net-libs/libnl:3.0 net-libs/libssh[>=0.6] net-libs/nghttp2[>=1.11.0] sys-libs/zlib bcg729? ( media-sound/bcg729 ) brotli? ( app-arch/brotli ) caps? ( sys-libs/libcap ) geoip? ( net-libs/libmaxminddb ) gnutls? ( dev-libs/gnutls[>=3.5.8] ) gui? ( providers:qt5? ( x11-libs/qtbase:5[>=5.15.0][gui] x11-libs/qtmultimedia:5[>=5.15.0] ) providers:qt6? ( x11-libs/qt5compat:6 x11-libs/qtbase:6[gui] x11-libs/qtmultimedia:6 ) ) ilbc? ( media-libs/ilbc ) journald? ( sys-apps/systemd ) lz4? ( app-arch/lz4[>=1.8.0] ) kerberos? ( providers:heimdal? ( app-crypt/heimdal ) providers:krb5? ( app-crypt/krb5 ) ) lua? ( dev-lang/lua:=[>=5.1&<5.5] ) opus? ( media-libs/opus ) smi? ( net-libs/libsmi ) snappy? ( app-arch/snappy ) zstd? ( app-arch/zstd[>=1.0.0] ) run: gui? ( providers:qt5? ( x11-libs/qtsvg:5[>=5.15.0] ) providers:qt6? ( x11-libs/qtsvg:6 ) ) ) )
Downloads	https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-4.6.0.tar.xz
Licences	GPL-2

Choices

OPTIONS

bcg729	Enable support for G.729 codec in the RTP player
brotli	Brotli compression format support
caps	Use Linux capabilities library to control privileges
doc	Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc)
geoip	Enable support for GeoIP location data
gnutls	Adds support for net-libs/gnutls
gui	Build the Qt GUI and the rtp_player (uses qtmultimedia)
ilbc	Support for iLBC codec in RTP player
journald
kerberos	Adds Kerberos support
lua	Enable support for LUA scripting
lz4	LZ4 lossless compression algorithm is used in some protocol (CQL...)
opus	Support for opus codec in RTP player
smi	Use libsmi to resolve numeric OIDs into human readable format
snappy	Snappy decompression in CQL and Kafka dissectors
zstd	Support for the ZStandard compression algorithm

providers

heimdal	Use Heimdal Kerberos 5 as the Kerberos provider
krb5	Use MIT Kerberos 5 as the Kerberos provider
qt5	Use Qt5 as the Qt provider
qt6	Use Qt6 as the Qt provider

python_abis

3.10	Use Python ABI 3.10
3.11	Use Python ABI 3.11
3.12	Use Python ABI 3.12
3.13	Use Python ABI 3.13
3.9	Use Python ABI 3.9