How To Install wireshark-qt 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 wireshark-qt on Ubuntu.

What is `wireshark-qt`

wireshark-qt is:

Wireshark is a network “sniffer” - a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list here.

This package provides the Qt version of Wireshark.

There are three methods to install wireshark-qt 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 wireshark-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wireshark-qt

Install wireshark-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wireshark-qt

Install wireshark-qt 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 wireshark-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wireshark-qt

How To Uninstall wireshark-qt on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the wireshark-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wireshark-qt

Uninstall wireshark-qt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireshark-qt

Remove wireshark-qt Configurations and Data

To remove wireshark-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wireshark-qt

Remove wireshark-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireshark-qt

Dependencies

wireshark-qt have the following dependencies:

References

wireshark-qt website

Summary

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