You will be prompted to provide authorization to install - enter your passwordĥ. ![]() At the 'Installation Type' step, select "Install" Run through the XQuartz installer steps, accept the T&A. Right-click on the XQuartz.pkg file and select "Open With" to select the default installer for package filesĤ. This will unpack to provide you access to the XQuartz.pkgģ. Once the product has downloaded, right-click on the XQuartz-2.7.11.dmg file and select "Open With" to select the default installer for Disk Images. On Catalina, you may have downloads restricted and will possibly need to allow downloads:Ģ. Go to XQuartz and install XQuartz 2.7.11. When Catalina has been upgraded, the Desktop will include a folder containing “Relocated Items.” If you had XQuartz previously installed before upgrading to Catalina, it may have been quarantined within the "Relocated Items" folder:ġ. Reinstalling XQuartz 2.7.11 if Relocation causes issues: In our testing, we did not find the relocation of these files to cause issues, however, if you do experience issues with your X11 viewer, you may need to reinstall XQuartz. Now I can click WireShark's icon in the Dock, and it appears to be working fine.When Catalina has been upgraded, the Desktop will include a folder containing “Relocated Items.” If you had XQuartz previously installed before upgrading to Catalina, it may have been quarantined within the "Relocated Items" folder. Void QCocoaMenu::insertNative(QCocoaMenuItem *, QCocoaMenuItem *) Menu item is already in a menu, remove it from the other menu first before insertingĢ2:01:58 Dbg plugin_dir: /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/PlugIns/wireshark The Terminal spit out the following, and then WireShark launched on my desktop: Guess what? I don't know why, but it worked. Then I came across an online comment where someone stated that they typed "sudo wireshark" in the Terminal. So I conducted some quick research on the web and discovered that I had to enter "sudo ln -s /opt/X11 /usr/X11" in the Terminal in order to restore a link an X11 link that Yosemite breaks. In the initialization window, WireShark would get as far as "Loading module preferences", or about three quarters of the way done, and in the bottom of the window it would say "Please wait while Wireshark is initializing." and then freeze-up. Regardless of which version I used, WireShark keep freezing up during the initialization process. I made repeated attempts to use both WireShark 1.12.4 and 1.99.3, but without success. Some of this has been shared before, but there is a little added twist at the end which worked for me. This may possibly be of help to other new WireShark users who are having trouble getting WireShark to launch in Yosemite.
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