How to Install and Uninstall libwiretap13 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libwiretap13 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libwiretap13" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libwiretap13 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libwiretap13" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libwiretap13 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 libwiretap13 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libwiretap13
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 693
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3), liblz4-1 (>= 1.8.0), libwsutil14 (>= 3.7.0), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2.4)
Description: network packet capture library -- shared library
Description-md5: c47b22d9617f547351ca36c045296943
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireshark/libwiretap13_4.0.11-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 251032
MD5sum: a8cef7ca485d5e1b62f5d78af6c49869
SHA256: 36432479b07e67d1723983a61a156261870cce27bee4d5fb8869e7a5895cf984