Automates the build process for Wireshark 3.1.X (dev) on Kali

build-wireshark-dev.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Name:         build-wireshark-dev.py
# Author:       @s0lst1c3
# Email:        gabriel@specterops.io
# Description:  Automates the build process for Wireshark 3.1.X (dev) on Kali
# Last tested:  Nov 12 2019

import os
import shutil

deps = [
    'bison',
    'build-essential',
    'cmake',
    'freeglut3-dev',
    'g++',
    'gcc',
    'gcrypt-dev',
    'git',
    'glib2.0-dev',
    'libasound2',
    'libbluetooth-dev', 'pkg-config', 'libpcap-dev',
    'libqt5svg5-dev',
    'libqt5webkit5-dev',
    'libsdl2-dev',
    'libssl-dev',
    'libusb-1.0-0-dev',
    'libxi-dev',
    'libxmu-dev',
    'make',
    'python-numpy',
    'python-qt4',
    'qt5-default',
    'qtmultimedia5-dev',
    'qtscript5-dev',
    'qttools5-dev',
    'qttools5-dev-tools',
]

wireshark_version = '3.1.0'
wireshark_tar = 'wireshark-{}.tar.xz'.format(wireshark_version)
wireshark_url = 'https://1.na.dl.wireshark.org/src/{}'.format(wireshark_tar)
wireshark_dir = 'wireshark-{}'.format(wireshark_version)
wireshark_build_dir = 'build'
cmake_options_file = '{}/CMakeOptions.txt'.format(wireshark_dir)
cmake_options_file_bak = '{}.bak'.format(cmake_options_file)

# install deps
os.system('apt -y install {}'.format(' '.join(deps)))

os.system('wget {}'.format(wireshark_url))
os.system('tar xJf {}'.format(wireshark_tar))

try:
    os.makedirs(wireshark_build_dir)
except OSError as e:
    pass

shutil.copyfile(cmake_options_file, cmake_options_file_bak)

with open(cmake_options_file_bak) as input_handle:
    with open(cmake_options_file, 'w') as output_handle:
        for line in input_handle:
            if line.startswith('option(DISABLE_WERROR'):
                output_handle.write('option(DISABLE_WERROR    '
                                    '"Do not treat warnings as errors" ON)\n')
            else:
                output_handle.write(line)
            
os.system('cd {} && cmake ../{} && make'.format(wireshark_build_dir,
                                                            wireshark_dir))