How To Install tcpick 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 tcpick on Ubuntu.
What is tcpick
tcpick is:
This libpcap-based textmode sniffer can:
- track, reassemble and reorder TCP streams
- save the captured flows in different files or display them in the terminal
- display all the stream on the terminal with different display modes like hexdump, hexdump + ascii, only printable characters, raw mode, colorized mode …
- handle several network interface types, including ethernet cards and PPP interfaces
There are three methods to install tcpick 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 tcpick Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcpick
Install tcpick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcpick
Install tcpick 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 tcpick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcpick
How To Uninstall tcpick on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tcpick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcpick
Uninstall tcpick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpick
Remove tcpick Configurations and Data
To remove tcpick configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcpick
Remove tcpick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpick
Dependencies
tcpick have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpick package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.