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= Before You Begin

This release of Wireshark requires macOS {min-macos-version} or later.
If you are running an earlier version of macOS you can install using another packaging system such as Homebrew or MacPorts.

== Quick Setup

To install Wireshark, drag the _Wireshark_ application bundle to the _Applications_ folder.

In order to be able to capture packets, install the
link:Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/Extras/Install%20ChmodBPF.pkg[Install ChmodBPF]
package.

If you would like to add the path to
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/wireshark.html[Wireshark],
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html[TShark],
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/capinfos.html[capinfos],
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/editcap.html[editcap],
and
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/[other command line utilities]
to the system PATH, install the
link:Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/Extras/Add%20Wireshark%20to%20the%20system%20path.pkg[Add Wireshark to the system path]
package.

== Package Installation Details

The ChmodBPF installer writes to the following locations:

* _/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist_. A launch daemon that adjusts permissions on the system's packet capture devices (/dev/bpf*) when the system starts up.
* _/Library/Application Support/Wireshark/ChmodBPF_. A copy of the launch daemon property list, and the script that the launch daemon runs.

The installer group named “access_bpf” is created. The user who opened the package is added to the group.

The system path installer writes to the following locations:

* _/etc/paths.d/Wireshark_. The folder name in this file is automatically added to PATH
* _/etc/manpaths.d/Wireshark_. The folder name in this file is used by the man command.

It assumes that Wireshark is installed in _/Applications_.

== Uninstalling

To uninstall Wireshark, do the following:

. Remove _/Applications/Wireshark.app_
. Remove _/Library/Application Support/Wireshark_

You can uninstall ChmodBPF via the
link:Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/Extras/Uninstall%20ChmodBPF.pkg[Uninstall ChmodBPF]
package, which is available on this disk or via menu:Wireshark[About Wireshark,Folders,macOS Extras].
You can also uninstall it manually by doing the following:

. Unload the “org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist” launchd job
. Remove _/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist_
. Remove the “access_bpf” group.

You can uninstall the system path components via the
link:Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/Extras/Remove%20Wireshark%20from%20the%20system%20path.pkg[Remove Wireshark from the system path]
package, which is available on this disk or via menu:Wireshark[About Wireshark,Folders,macOS Extras].
You can also uninstall it manually by doing the following:

. Remove _/etc/paths.d/Wireshark_
. Remove _/etc/manpaths.d/Wireshark_
