Note the big “X” in the lower right corner. The widgets became slightly nicer, but we are far from being satisfied with that, right? The fonts still look very different from the fonts of other applications and we still use XQuartz. # build Wireshark from source, now using GTK+3īrew install -build-from-source wireshark -with-gtk+3 # Pull my repo until every commit gets accepted to Homebrew core # install hub which lets you experiment with other Homebrew branches Let’s try using GTK+3, which step needs some changes to Homebrew’s formulas # remove packaged Wireshark The default install uses GTK+2 which is an older version of the toolkit. Well, it works, but it is not exactly nice. # install Wireshark (and ccache to recompile stuff faster)īrew install -build-from-source wireshark -with-gtk+ # and you also have to logout, then login to start using it Two commands let us start using it, but first we need to install XQuartz: # install XQuartz from, sorry, it is a manual step Homebrew is a good alternative to installing software on OS X from source and Wireshark is already packaged there. If you would like to remove all previously installed packages run “brew list | xargs brew uninstall”.) The instructions assume no prior installation of brew packages. ![]() (The steps are collected at the end of this post. They could! In six easy steps we can transform Wireshark to look way more elegant with the help of Homebrew, a package manager for OS X, GTK+3 the latest stable version of the toolkit and GNOME’s standard themes. But does it have to stay this way? Could not GTK+ applications look more “native” on OS X? They use XQuartz to draw widgets on the screen which is slower than native Quartz interface and the gray theme is not very appealing either. According to common wisdom GTK+ applications are not nice on OS X.
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