Bug 1020619 - I install the wireshark package but when I run the wireshark command there is no wireshark.
Summary: I install the wireshark package but when I run the wireshark command there is...
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: wireshark
Version: 19
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Peter Hatina
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-18 05:10 UTC by Georgiy Treyvus
Modified: 2016-06-01 01:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-10-18 05:27:36 UTC
Type: Bug


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Description Georgiy Treyvus 2013-10-18 05:10:34 UTC
I install the wireshark package. I try running wireshark. There is no wireshark command found. I go and "updatedb" and then "locate wireshark" this returns many results but not the executable I need to actually use wireshark. This has been a problem since at least Fedora 17. My workaround has been to build from source which works fine but it is annoying as there is no easy way to keep track of updates or patches. If the wireshark package worked fine this wouldn't be a problem. This really is getting tiring.

Comment 1 Peter Lemenkov 2013-10-18 05:27:36 UTC
(In reply to Georgiy Treyvus from comment #0)
> I install the wireshark package. I try running wireshark. There is no
> wireshark command found. I go and "updatedb" and then "locate wireshark"
> this returns many results but not the executable I need to actually use
> wireshark. This has been a problem since at least Fedora 17. My workaround
> has been to build from source which works fine but it is annoying as there
> is no easy way to keep track of updates or patches. If the wireshark package
> worked fine this wouldn't be a problem. This really is getting tiring.

It's a bit counter-intuitive but you need to install wireshark-gnome - that's where it lives. Please note that we install wireshark to /usr/sbin not to /usr bin so make sure you have it in $PATH.


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