Compilation via Qt Creator has been tested but command-line compilation using
QMake and make or nmake should work.
-The ui/qt directory is loosely coupled with the rest of the codebase. The main
-Wireshark sources must be built beforehand using CMake on Linux and OS X and
-nmake on Windows. Autotools + QMake is a basket full of crazy that hasn't yet
-been sorted and folded. (Autotools + Boring Old Make, without using
-QMake at all, might actually be simpler:
+There are several ways of building qtshark:
+
+1) Using qtcreator:
+ The ui/qt directory is loosely coupled with the rest of the codebase. The main
+ Wireshark sources must be built beforehand using CMake on Linux and OS X and
+ nmake on Windows. Autotools + QMake is a basket full of crazy that hasn't yet
+ been sorted and folded. (Autotools + Boring Old Make, without using
+ QMake at all, might actually be simpler:
http://www.mail-archive.com/automake@gnu.org/msg11149.html
+2) Using cmake:
+ set BUILD_qtshark to ON (default: OFF) in CmakeOptions.txt (may be set
+ in parallel with BUILD_wireshark).
+ Do the normal out-of-tree or in-tree build.
+ This has only been tested on a current openSUSE Linux system with fairly
+ current QT and cmake. It may be necessary to copy the FindQt4.cmake and
+ supporting files from cmake to Wireshark's cmake/modules/
+ If using cmake installing qtcreator is not required. Basically almost
+ all stuff below can be ignored ;-)
+
Work is in progress on this.)
1.1 Prerequisites