How to Install and Uninstall libpcap0.8 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libpcap0.8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpcap0.8 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap0.8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpcap0.8 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap0.8 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libpcap0.8
Source: libpcap
Version: 1.8.1-6+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 331
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpcap0.8-dev (<< 1.0.0-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: system interface for user-level packet capture
Description-md5: fc353603d8470e05b8e9063ea61ff608
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8_1.8.1-6+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 139896
MD5sum: 374f84e4b5b18e70038ff2ce02263c1e
SHA256: 04c2bb49d0a33fb16014ea79a1d9f7fcdb0f0245ca1894d8ab5d18de2ce43880