How to Install and Uninstall libwireshark-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libwireshark-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libwireshark-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libwireshark-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libwireshark-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 libwireshark-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libwireshark-dev
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 4551
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwsutil-dev, libwiretap-dev, libwireshark16 (= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1)
Description: network packet dissection library -- development files
Description-md5: 25ccc1e5a9f0de13127d7669433e7838
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireshark/libwireshark-dev_4.0.11-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 668828
MD5sum: d7bfde117eb1decd61fde4ee9e5fc3d7
SHA256: efbfba5e213df402d1dcb3b95c6b3a5ef6c85805adc06d801e90e9d55b0b70b9