How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install tcpdump on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tcpdump
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tcpdump" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tcpdump on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: tcpdump
Version: 4.9.3-1~deb10u2
Installed-Size: 1109
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, protocol::ssl,
role::program, scope::utility, use::monitor,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.3-1~deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 400212
MD5sum: 466fb11c003b071ad1e4bab962b8cb84
SHA256: c8f053e45563ac479c841b15bdef705530351101a1d20cfd8c657ea7b8c609a7

Package: tcpdump
Version: 4.9.3-1~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1109
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.3-1~deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 400060
MD5sum: 603baaf914de63f62a9f8055709257f3
SHA256: 3a63be16f96004bdf8848056f2621fbd863fadc0baf44bdcbc5d75dd98331fd3