Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Small Wiki Edit: Building Wireshark on macOS using Homebrew
On Jun 23, 2017, at 10:25 AM, David Kreitschmann <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a small change in the Wiki, probably not worth creating an account for this.
...until the next change you want to make. :-)
> The steps here to build Wireshark using homebrew recommend some unnecessary and invasive changes in /usr/local.
> https://wiki.wireshark.org/BuildingAndInstalling
>
> It would be great if someone could update it. I would also recommend using Xcode for developing on the mac.
>
> Remove:
> Special step to work around bug in Qt/Homebrew: brew link --force qt5 && ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.3.2/mkspecs /usr/local/mkspecs && ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.3.2/plugins /usr/local/plugins
>
> Replace with:
> export PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/bin:$PATH
Done. (I left the description as a workaround; is it a bug workaround, or is it a step that would always be required?)
> You can also use Xcode to build and debug wireshark:
> mkdir build && cd build && cmake -G Xcode ../ will create a project file
> On the first start don't autogenerate the targets, just add wireshark (with the application icon) manually.
But if you're using Xcode, wouldn't you be more likely to want to do it all entirely through the GUI? CMake has a GUI - is there a way to do it from there?
(This may be a reason for you to get a Wiki account....)
