Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] how to compile without systemd?

From: Papa Tango <papatango.nyc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:16:22 -0400
I am not a wireshark developer, just a past user. I hope I am writing to the correct mailing list. I was hoping to use wireshark again but I have hit a roadblock. I didn't know if there is any workaround or if anyone could help. 

Compilation from source fails because the box I am on lacks systemd. It does not appear to be optional, unless I am overlooking the cmake option. Any advice? Obviously I have no need or plans to parse or write to systemd log files, etc. But it appears that systemd has been a dependency of wireshark for a while now? Looking at commit logs, it appears since about 2018? I guess it's been longer than I had recalled since I last had need of wireshark. Any advice would be welcome. Or am I out of luck?

Many thanks.

P.