from an old post in the forums https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=85201

bcooksley wrote: . . . and does not involve KDE.

Yeah, this old post wasn't specific about the KDE plasma workspace
as I was interested in at least the command line interface for wireshark.
But now currently, I do have a more wireshark in KDE related question . . .

Centos 7 does such a great rendering of the KDE plasma workspace,
and in Centos 7 KDE I can yum install wireshark for a CLI :

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Package wireshark.x86_64 0:1.10.3-10.el7 will be installed

These instructions for a wireshark GUI are for gnome
http://ask.wireshark.org/questions/31925/how-to-install-wireshark-on-centos

My installed Centos 7 KDE will say that

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Package wireshark-gnome.x86_64 0:1.10.3-10.el7 will be installed

but a google search for this sort of thing gets (old) lines like :
"Some gtk/gnome apps appear to be causing random freezes when I run them under kde/kdm.
Evolution and Wireshark appear to be the two biggest culprits at the moment."

Wireshark GUI in KDE was found in the forums: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=118792
but what other packages are needed to go from wireshark CLI to the GUI wireshark in KDE environments ?
(Fedora or any other distro)

Thanks.

There's nothing such as a "gnome" or "KDE" wireshark GUI.

Wireshark as of now still uses gtk2, they're porting to Qt4/5 but that's not end-user ready yet.
Looking up the fedora database: despite being called "gnome", it's rather "gnome2" and actually just the gtk2 GUI - the only one available atm.

Unspecific claims of "freezes" (of what? wireshark? kwin? X11?) on a specific desktop environment (or even display manager, LOL) are rather FUD.
Ultimately all applications run on X11 and their toolkit. A "freeze" could point a grabbed mouse, keyboard or server. Or a hung GPU. Or the source of that quote had his system underpowered.
I've not seen wireshark hanging under KDE (or actually ever)

tl;dr
install that package to get a wireshark GUI

luebking wrote:There's nothing such as a "gnome" or "KDE" wireshark GUI.
...
despite being called "gnome", it's rather "gnome2" and actually just the gtk2 GUI - the only one available atm.
...
I've not seen wireshark hanging under KDE (or actually ever)
...
install that package to get a wireshark GUI

All good to know . . . thanks.

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# yum install wireshark-gnome
...
Installing:
 wireshark-gnome             x86_64             1.10.3-10.el7       base           907 k
...
Running transaction
  Installing : wireshark-gnome-1.10.3-10.el7.x86_64                                  1/1
  Verifying  : wireshark-gnome-1.10.3-10.el7.x86_64                                  1/1

Installed:
  wireshark-gnome.x86_64 0:1.10.3-10.el7                                                         

Complete!


icon for "Wireshark Network Analyzer" in Kickoff Application Launcher - Applications > Internet
- Thanks!

Note these links that could discourage some of us KDE users - great to have the experts on KDE Forums.
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=wireshark-gnome%28x86-64%29
http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/centos/7.0.1406/x86_64/Packages/wireshark-gnome-1.10.3-10.el7.x86_64.html
"Gnome desktop integration for wireshark - Contains wireshark for Gnome 3 and desktop integration file"