title: Compiling Wireshark packet dissector
body: <p>I want to build a Wireshark packet dissector of my own and followed the procedure given at <a href="https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChDissectAdd.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChDissectAdd.html</a> .</p>
  
  <p>However, I do not understand how to compile my dissector and place the dll in the plugins folder. I followed this guide <a href="https://www.sewio.net/open-sniffer/develop/how-to-compile-your-wireshark-dissector/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.sewio.net/open-sniffer/develop/how-to-compile-your-wireshark-dissector/</a> till step 2. But couldn't understand what to do at step 3. </p>
  
  <p>I tried running nmake but it shows no such cmd command.
  I am using the Wireshark installation for Windows.</p>
  
  <p>How can I compile my dissector and run it? Also is it necessary to build Wireshark from Source code in order to run custom packet dissectors?</p>