Installing Wireshark on MacOS is not as simple as `brew install wireshark`
Posted by jpluimers on 2022/03/16
I wish that MacOS Homebrew would warn in advance of any caveates instead of after installing.
Only after brew install wireshark [Wayback] it is told that:
==> wireshark cask is installed, skipping link. ==> Caveats This formula only installs the command-line utilities by default. Install Wireshark.app with Homebrew Cask: brew install --cask wireshark If your list of available capture interfaces is empty (default macOS behavior), install ChmodBPF: brew install --cask wireshark-chmodbpf
Now what? Do I need to uninstall Wireshark first, or does the cask stuff just work when it is installed?
These two do not make me happy:
- [Wayback] macos – Mac Homebrew and Wireshark – Super User
- [Wayback] homebrew – Install Wireshark on MacOS X via brew – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback] Radu, [Wayback] Cho and [Wayback] alex):
I suggest using
caskto create the.appbinary in your/Applicationsfolder (usereinstallif already installed):brew install --cask wiresharkThe advantage of this approach over
brew install wireshark --with-qtis that more features are enabled without spending a lot of time compiling.This is also the [Wayback] recommended approach for graphical applications and will use the official, feature-complete builds as distributed by the Wireshark developers.
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Related:
- Tools that Isotopp installed on his Mac…
- macos – How can I modify the list of Applications under ‘Open With…’? – Ask Different
- [Wayback] wireshark — Homebrew Formulae
–jeroen
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 
brew install --cask wireshark. If you use this, you may need to uninstall the non-cask version of wireshark prior to installing the cask.