$ sudo apt-get install pkg-config automake autoconf libtool The following packages needs to be installed. In this post, I assume the building system is Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit. Though I believe that this post should work on most of the Linux distributions and subsequent Wireshark 2.0.x releases, and should be easily extended to other embedded Linux platforms, I cannot guarantee that it will work. You should anticipate to encounter new errors in your attempts, but be able to fix them with reasonable knowlege of compiling and programming.

To my best knowledge, this post is the first comprehensive guide on how to cross-compile the latest Wireshark for Android.īut still, this is NOT an easy task, at all. This post is based on my experience compiling the Wireshark 2.0.x libraries for Android on Ubuntu 14.04/16.04. I will discuss the major steps to cross-compile Wireshark libraries for the Android platform. Some reader may know that for Android, there is an app called ``Shark for Root’’ on Google Play Store, but it is only an encapsulation of the tcpdump binary for Android. It functions similar to pcap in terms of packet capturing, yet its major feature is the network protocol analysis which pcap cannot offer.Īccording to the official site, “Wireshark is the world’s foremost network protocol analyzer.” Though Wireshark has distribution on all major platforms: GNU/Linux, OS X, BSD, Solaris, some other Unix-like operating systems, and Microsoft Windows, there is no official distribution for Android or common embedded Linux platform. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education.

Wireshark (originally named Ethereal) is a free and open source packet analyzer.

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