How to Install and Uninstall libpcap-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libpcap-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpcap-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcap-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libpcap-dev
Source: libpcap
Version: 1.8.1-6+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libpcap0.8-dev
Description: development library for libpcap (transitional package)
Description-md5: 10078daf2f68ccb78a8fc1970d8c94f5
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Tag: devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap-dev_1.8.1-6+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 26000
MD5sum: 9ba85e9d7ddbd47e2e455484aa17ec99
SHA256: 8693c561518463dfb2cfc67ab2e67217d7fb9d9e500b28e79ece9b3add537282