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diff --git a/README.macos b/README.macos index 5bd33a149e..5dd149b13c 100644 --- a/README.macos +++ b/README.macos @@ -13,26 +13,34 @@ for details. For Xcode 4, you will need to install the command-line tools; select Preferences from the Xcode menu, select Downloads in the Preferences window, and install Command Line Tools. -You must have X11 and the X11 developer headers and libraries installed; -otherwise, you will not be able to build or install GTK+, and will only -be able to build TShark. The X11 and X11 SDK that come with Mac OS X -releases for releases from Panther to Lion can be used to build and run -Wireshark. Mountain Lion does not include X11; you should install X11 -from elsewhere, such as +You must have Qt installed. You can download precompiled Qt packages and +source code from - http://xquartz.macosforge.org/ + https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/ + +or use the macosx-setup.sh script described below. You must also have GLib and, if you want to build Wireshark as well as -TShark, GTK+. The macosx-setup.sh script can be used to download, patch -as necessary, build, and install those libraries and the libraries on -which they depend; it will, by default, also install other libraries -that can be used by Wireshark and TShark. The versions of libraries to -download are specified by variables set early in the script; you can -comment out the settings of optional libraries if you don't want them -downloaded and installed. Before running the macosx-setup.sh script, -and before attempting to build Wireshark, make sure your PKG_CONFIG_PATH -environment variable's setting includes both /usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig -and /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. +TShark. The macosx-setup.sh script can be used to download, patch as +necessary, build, and install those libraries and the libraries on which +they depend; it will, by default, also install other libraries that can +be used by Wireshark and TShark. The versions of libraries to download +are specified by variables set early in the script; you can comment out +the settings of optional libraries if you don't want them downloaded and +installed. Before running the macosx-setup.sh script, and before +attempting to build Wireshark, make sure your PKG_CONFIG_PATH +environment variable's setting includes both /usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig and +/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. + +If you wish to build the legacy (GTK+) UI you must have X11 and the X11 +developer headers and libraries installed; otherwise, you will not be +able to build or install GTK+. The X11 and X11 SDK that come with Mac +OS X releases for releases from Panther to Lion can be used to build and +run Wireshark. Mountain Lion does not include X11; you should install +X11 from elsewhere, such as + + http://xquartz.macosforge.org/ + After you have installed those libraries: |