How to Install and Uninstall libpcap.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libpcap.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpcap.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install libpcap.x86_64

2. Uninstall "libpcap.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpcap.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:

$ sudo dnf remove libpcap.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the libpcap.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

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Available Packages
Name : libpcap
Epoch : 14
Version : 1.9.1
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 168 k
Source : libpcap-1.9.1-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : A system-independent interface for user-level packet capture
URL : http://www.tcpdump.org
License : BSD with advertising
Description : Libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network
: monitoring. Libpcap can provide network statistics collection,
: security monitoring and network debugging. Since almost every system
: vendor provides a different interface for packet capture, the libpcap
: authors created this system-independent API to ease in porting and to
: alleviate the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules
: in each application.
:
: Install libpcap if you need to do low-level network traffic monitoring
: on your network.