How To Install libwireshark15 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark15 on Ubuntu.

What is `libwireshark15`

libwireshark15 is:

The libwireshark library provides the network packet dissection services developed by the Wireshark project.

There are three methods to install libwireshark15 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwireshark15 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark15 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark15

Install libwireshark15 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark15 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwireshark15

Install libwireshark15 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark15 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark15

How To Uninstall libwireshark15 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libwireshark15 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireshark15

Uninstall libwireshark15 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwireshark15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark15

Remove libwireshark15 Configurations and Data

To remove libwireshark15 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark15

Remove libwireshark15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwireshark15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark15

Dependencies

libwireshark15 have the following dependencies:

References

libwireshark15 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark15 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.