How to Install and Uninstall libpcap.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "libpcap.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libpcap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                libpcap.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libpcap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                libpcap.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : libpcap
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 14
Version : 1.5.3
Release : 11.amzn2
Size : 140 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
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.
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: Install libpcap if you need to do low-level network traffic
: monitoring on your network.