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authorJohn Thacker <johnthacker@gmail.com>2022-04-28 07:46:56 -0400
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2022-04-28 16:19:13 +0000
commit1e0f5799527a4772d1d0b62ae395de23c0a88c15 (patch)
treed7d846c33511a8317be2fd2b509b4c415fc6d04b /README.bsd
parent7e04ea32024c91a3652cfed5141f00d8a807315b (diff)
docs: Remove references to configure
Remove some leftover references to configure in the INSTALL file and README.* files in root directory.
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diff --git a/README.bsd b/README.bsd
index 94654c01fe..19cb07a405 100644
--- a/README.bsd
+++ b/README.bsd
@@ -1,59 +1,15 @@
Installing Wireshark on FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/DragonFly BSD
========================================================================
- 1. Extra packages required
- 2. Compiling Wireshark
- 3. Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) requirement
- 4. Running Wireshark as a non-root user
+ 1. Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) requirement
+ 2. Running Wireshark as a non-root user
+For general installation instructions, see the INSTALL file, along with
+the Developer's Guide located at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/ and
+in the docbook/ directory. Additional BSD specific notes and requirements
+follow.
-1. Extra packages required
----------------------------
-Wireshark requires a number of additional programs to function.
-Install the latest versions of the following programs before compiling:
-
-The easiest way to install these is by using your operating system's
-ports or packages system. If you prefer to build from source, the programs
-can be found at the following sites:
-
- glib 2.32 or later:
- ftp.gnome.org:/pub/gnome/sources/glib/
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/
-
- pkgconfig:
- http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/
-
- python 3.4 or later:
- https://www.python.org/downloads/source/
-
-If you want to use the Wireshark GUI, install one or both of these toolkits:
-
- Qt 5.3 or later:
- http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/
-
-
-(These programs may require additional dependencies)
-
-Additional programs can be used to enhance Wireshark's functionality.
-These can be found by typing ./configure --help or looking at the output
-at the end of running the configure script.
-
-
-2. Compiling Wireshark
------------------------
-To compile Wireshark with the default options, run configure, make and
-make install (you may have to run "autogen.sh" first):
-
- ./configure
- make
- make install
-
-The configure and make steps can be run as a non-root user and you can
-run Wireshark from the compilation directory itself. You must run make
-install as root in order to copy the program to the proper directories.
-
-
-3. Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) requirement
+1. Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) requirement
--------------------------------------------
In order to capture packets (with Wireshark/TShark, tcpdump, or any
other packet capture program) on a BSD system, your kernel must have the
@@ -74,7 +30,7 @@ use. Recent versions of most BSDs will create bpf devices as needed, so
you don't have to configure the number of devices that will be
available.
-4. Running wireshark as a non-root user
+2. Running wireshark as a non-root user
-------------------------------------------
Since the bpf devices are read-only by the owner (root), you normally
have to run packet capturing programs such as Wireshark as root. It is