Quería tener Wireshark 1.8.6 en Ubuntu 12.10, así que manos a la obra.

Entramos a la consola y escribimos:
sudo aptitude install build-essential automake autoconf libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libpcap0.8-dev flex bison
cd /tmp
wget -c http://wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com/wireshark/src/wireshark-1.8.6.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf wireshark-1.8.6.tar.bz2
cd wireshark-1.8.6/
./autogen.sh
./configure


Sale lo siguiente por pantalla:
The Wireshark package has been configured with the following options.
Build wireshark : yes (with GTK+ 2)
Build tshark : yes
Build capinfos : yes
Build editcap : yes
Build dumpcap : yes
Build mergecap : yes
Build text2pcap : yes
Build randpkt : yes
Build dftest : yes
Build rawshark : yes

Save files as pcap-ng by default : yes
Install dumpcap with capabilities : no
Install dumpcap setuid : no
Use dumpcap group : (none)
Use plugins : yes
Use Lua library : no
Use Python binding : no
Build rtp_player : no
Build profile binaries : no
Use pcap library : yes
Use zlib library : yes
Use kerberos library : yes (MIT)
Use c-ares library : no
Use GNU ADNS library : no
Use SMI MIB library : no
Use GNU crypto library : yes
Use SSL crypto library : no
Use IPv6 name resolution : yes
Use gnutls library : yes
Use POSIX capabilities library : no
Use GeoIP library : no


Volvemos a escribir en la consola:
make


OBS:

• El make puede tardar mucho dependiendo de tu hardware.

Volvemos a escribir en la consola:
sudo make install


Entramos de nuevo a la consola y escribimos:
sudo ldconfig
sudo wireshark


Sitio oficial: Wireshark
Fuente: Wiki Wireshark