Portable Wireshark

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This directory contains experimental packaging for running Wireshark under the
Portable Apps
(http://www.portableapps.com/).

The packaging relies on the same "manifest" as used by the U3 packaging. Therefore
there is no need to maintain a list of relevant files for the Portable Wireshark.
Only the U3 list needs to be updated.

Currently only an additional menu item for Wireshark is added - the other tools
could be added to Portable Apps menu if required.

WinPcap
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If you want to capture packets, then WinPcap needs to be installed. Wireshark

Portable will try and install WinPcap if it doesn't find it installed on the local
machine. If it does install it, it will uninstall it when Wireshark Portable quits.
A quieter install/de-install for WinPcap would help matters - but ultimately a
minimal installation mechanism needs to be identified for WinPcap. But that is not
for the Wireshark forum.

NSIS
====

The Portable Apps packaging uses the NullSoft Scriptable Installer System (NSIS) to
create a installation package to install onto the USB drive, and a launcher to
launch Wireshark from the USB drive.

NSIS is used by the standard Win32 installation mechansim (packaging/nsis) but an

additional plug-in is required for the Wireshark Portable launcher. This is now
automatically downloaded and installed from the wireshark-win32-libs repository.

INI Settings
============
The Wireshark Portable Launcher will look for an ini file called
WiresharkPortable.ini within its directory. It is only necessary to have a ini
file if you wish to change the default configuration.
There is an example INI included with this package to get you started. The INI
file is formatted as follows:

[WiresharkPortable]
WiresharkDirectory
WiresharkExecutable
AdditionalParameters
DisableWinPcapInstall
WinPcapInstaller
MSVCRedist

The WiresharkDirectory entry should be set to the *relative* path to the directory
containing the Wireshark Portable Launcher (WiresharkPortable.exe). This entry must
be present.

The WiresharkExecutable entry allows you to set the Wireshark Portable Launcher to
use an alternate EXE call to launch Wireshark.

The AdditionalParameters entry allows you to pass additional commandline parameter

entries to wireshark.exe.

The DisableWinPcapInstall allows you to disable the installation of WinPcap, even

if it it not present on the host system.

The WinPcapInstaller allows you to specify a different WinPcap installer than the
default one included in the distribution. For example, if you download a later
version.

The MSVCRedist allows you to specify a different redistributable package to be used

than the default one included in the distribution.