[Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Thank you for the information and advice!  I'll look into the rpm-setup.sh script and maybe give it a go.  But if I continue to have issues, I'll downshift to Wireshark 3.6 as you have suggested.

Regards,

-- 
Mun

> rpm-setup.sh and the other -setup.sh scripts are documented in the Developer's Guide at
> 
> https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChapterSetup.html#ChSetupUNIX
> 
> We also use rpm-setup.sh to build the containers used in our CI jobs, which means that a vast robot army will complain if it doesn't
> work correctly.
> 
> You'll probably have better luck building Wireshark 3.6 on RHEL7. That branch still has GitLab CI jobs that build and test using CentOS
> 7, but in the 4.0 branch we bumped a *lot* of required package versions and dropped the CentOS 7 jobs.
> 
> On 1/11/23 8:48 AM, Mun Johl via Wireshark-users wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I actually haven’t run rpm-setup.sh (uh-oh).  I was working through the instructions in the INSTALL file and didn’t realize I should run
> rpm-setup.sh first.  I think during my web searches I did find mention of that, but I was already knee deep and wasn’t sure if I should
> run it after I got started.
> >
> > Do you recommend I go ahead and run rpm-setup.sh now?  That is, before I try to manually install PCRE2?   If that setup script will
> load all dependencies, that would be most excellent.
> >
> > Thank you and regards,
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mun
> >
> > *From:* Wireshark-users <wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *chuck c
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2023 6:37 AM
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> > *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-users] Issues compiling Wireshark on RHEL7
> >
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> >
> > Were there any errors when running tools/rpm-setup.sh?
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/master/tools/rpm-setup.sh#L83 <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-
> /blob/master/tools/rpm-setup.sh#L83>
> >
> >   pcre2-devel \
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:46 PM Mun Johl via Wireshark-users <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wireshark-
> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     The error is just another missing library:
> >
> >     CMake Error at /usr/local/share/cmake-3.25/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
> >
> >        Could NOT find PCRE2 (missing: PCRE2_LIBRARY PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR) (found
> >
> >        version "")
> >
> >     I didn’t want to mention it yet because I haven’t begun my search yet for the lib or sources.  Although, I appreciate your concern
> and inquisitiveness :)
> >
> >     Best regards,
> >
> >     --
> >
> >     Mun
> >
> >     Can you share your error message? Anything like this:
> >
> >     https://ask.wireshark.org/question/29646/cmake-dependency-failed-for-v40-when-trying-to-build-an-rpm-package-from-a-source-
> tarball/ <https://ask.wireshark.org/question/29646/cmake-dependency-failed-for-v40-when-trying-to-build-an-rpm-package-from-a-
> source-tarball/>
> >
> >     "but here I'm using CentOS 7.9 after changed the dependencies in CMakeLists."
> >
> >     Not sure what the CMakeList changes were.
> >
> >     On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:14 PM Mun Johl via Wireshark-users <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wireshark-
> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi,
> >
> >         Thank you for the link.  I was able to get past the c-ares issue—but unfortunately, another CMake Error awaits my attention.
> >
> >         Best regards,
> >
> >         --
> >
> >         Mun
> >
> >         Suggestions for work-arounds:
> >
> >         [Wireshark-dev] CARES to old for CentOS8?
> >
> >         https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/202209/msg00017.html <https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-
> dev/202209/msg00017.html>
> >
> >         On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 3:55 PM Mun Johl via Wireshark-users <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wireshark-
> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >             Hi,
> >
> >             I am attempting to compile Wireshark v4.0.2 on a RHEL7 server and am running into problems.  My current issue is that the c-
> ares library is not installed on the server.  I’ve downloaded the c-ares source code but it seems my compiler is too old to be able to
> compile c-ares.
> >
> >             My questions are as follows: Is the “c-ares” library *required* for the proper compilation of Wireshark?  Are there any
> alternatives to using c-ares that I may be able to try?
> >
> >             If c-ares is required, then I will try to install a newer version of the compiler from sources--since our repos do not have
> anything newer.
> >
> >             Thank you and regards,
> >
> >             --
> >
> >             Mun
> >
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