Wireshark Linux Official

To add custom functionality or build the Wireshark application on Linux, you can either create custom Lua scripts for protocol dissection or compile the application from source to include your own modifications.

Wireshark requires specialized permissions to capture traffic, specifically for the dumpcap program, which handles the actual packet capture. Wireshark Linux

Start Wireshark from the command line using: wireshark -X lua_script:my_feature.lua To add custom functionality or build the Wireshark