# I'm failing to build wireshark during openwrt build

**URL:** https://community.morsemicro.com/t/im-failing-to-build-wireshark-during-openwrt-build/65
**Category:** Software
**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/im-failing-to-build-wireshark-during-openwrt-build/65 "2024-09-20T02:10:44Z")
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### Author: ![james.haggerty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@james.haggerty](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/james.haggerty)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/im-failing-to-build-wireshark-during-openwrt-build/65/2 "2024-09-20T03:02:31Z")

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Not sure. One of the issues with OpenWrt’s build system is that in a bunch of situations it relies on the system python, and often the system python is in a strange state. To avoid debugging Python issues, you could remove wireshark from the build, since it’s not important.

To do this, remove the wireshark\_diffconfig symlink from whatever board you’re trying to build (e.g. `rm boards/ekh01v2/wireshark_diffconfig`) and run `morse_setup.sh -b ekh01v2`, then rerun make.

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