Install Wireshark on MacOS X via brew
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I installed Wireshark on my mac with the command
brew install wireshark
but after that, a message told me that I had to curl and install ChmodBPF, so I did that too.
But there is no command named Wireshark on terminal. What is wrong with that?
Macos Solutions
Solution 1 - Macos
The homebrew package wireshark installs the command line util tshark. If you want to enable the GUI, then install wireshark like this:
brew install wireshark --with-qt
If you already have Wireshark installed, do
brew reinstall wireshark --with-qt
Solution 2 - Macos
I suggest using cask to create the .app binary in your /Applications folder (use reinstall if already installed):
brew install --cask wireshark
The advantage of this approach over brew install wireshark --with-qt is that more features are enabled without spending a lot of time compiling.
This is also the recommended approach for graphical applications and will use the official, feature-complete builds as distributed by the Wireshark developers.
Solution 3 - Macos
I don't think the command brew install wireshark --with-qt works anymore as of July 2019 on my laptop running macOS Mojave. So my approach to install Wireshark using Homebrew is to follow the below steps:
- Update Homebrew: `brew update'
- Tap the Caskroom/Cask GitHub repository using HTTPS:
brew tap caskroom/cask - Search all known casks for
wireshark:brew search wireshark - Find out info about the
wiresharkcask (to be sure):brew info --cask wireshark - Install the
wiresharkcask:brew install --cask wireshark - Clean up (just in case):
brew cleanup
If all goes well, one should see 🍺 wireshark was successfully installed! after Step 5.
Solution 4 - Macos
I found that I asked wrong question! Wireshark is gui that use tshark or ... at the back and when I install with brew, it install tshark and ... So that is reasonable that I could not found wireshark in terminal but I could find tshark!
Solution 5 - Macos
The command works perfectly
brew install --cask wireshark
and install the interface via
brew install --cask wireshark-chmodbpf
link to the homebrew page