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diff --git a/doc/README.qt b/doc/README.qt index 86aa6661e2..db8217cb1d 100644 --- a/doc/README.qt +++ b/doc/README.qt @@ -15,14 +15,27 @@ The Qt interface for Wireshark has been compiled and tested on Mac OS X 10.6 Compilation via Qt Creator has been tested but command-line compilation using QMake and make or nmake should work. -The ui/qt directory is loosely coupled with the rest of the codebase. The main -Wireshark sources must be built beforehand using CMake on Linux and OS X and -nmake on Windows. Autotools + QMake is a basket full of crazy that hasn't yet -been sorted and folded. (Autotools + Boring Old Make, without using -QMake at all, might actually be simpler: +There are several ways of building qtshark: + +1) Using qtcreator: + The ui/qt directory is loosely coupled with the rest of the codebase. The main + Wireshark sources must be built beforehand using CMake on Linux and OS X and + nmake on Windows. Autotools + QMake is a basket full of crazy that hasn't yet + been sorted and folded. (Autotools + Boring Old Make, without using + QMake at all, might actually be simpler: http://www.mail-archive.com/automake@gnu.org/msg11149.html +2) Using cmake: + set BUILD_qtshark to ON (default: OFF) in CmakeOptions.txt (may be set + in parallel with BUILD_wireshark). + Do the normal out-of-tree or in-tree build. + This has only been tested on a current openSUSE Linux system with fairly + current QT and cmake. It may be necessary to copy the FindQt4.cmake and + supporting files from cmake to Wireshark's cmake/modules/ + If using cmake installing qtcreator is not required. Basically almost + all stuff below can be ignored ;-) + Work is in progress on this.) 1.1 Prerequisites |