Wireshark

[Joshua Root]

Robert Liesenfeld wrote:
> On May 19, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Avery Rozar wrote:
> 
>> Hello Macports-users,
>> I'm trying to install wireshark using macports, but I get this  
>> error, and dont know what it is telling me.
>>
>> I did install xcode 3 before I installed macports, so I dont know  
>> why it would need xfree86? I thought xfee86 was an alternative, but  
>> I'm probably wrong. Thanks anyway,
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> 
> This is due to the fact that wireshark depends on gtk2, and gtk2  
> builds with X11 support by default, apparently thus adding a  
> dependency on XFree86.  You can use the +no_x11 variant (port install  
> wireshark +no_x11) to use Quartz rendering instead of X11.  This  
> should remove the dependency (though I haven't tried it myself).

XFree86 will only be installed as a dependency if you don't have all the 
needed bits of X11. Avery, you're probably missing the X11 SDK, which is 
an optional choice in the XCode installer.

- Josh