How to Install and Uninstall netsniff-ng Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "netsniff-ng" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install netsniff-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "netsniff-ng" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall netsniff-ng 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 netsniff-ng package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: netsniff-ng
Version: 0.6.8-3
Installed-Size: 2097
Maintainer: Daniel Borkmann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcli1.10 (>= 1.9.1), libgeoip1 (>= 1.6.12), libncurses6 (>= 6), libnet1 (>= 1.1.6), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libsodium23 (>= 0.6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), liburcu8 (>= 0.13.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: ntpsec
Description: Linux network packet sniffer toolkit
Description-md5: b94b6656a53c5a961d6819a18232069f
Homepage: http://netsniff-ng.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ethernet, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::analysing, use::monitor, use::scanning,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.8-3_amd64.deb
Size: 631336
MD5sum: afb0b4da1e4b78c2c92421ac59d107a9
SHA256: 352cd134d2ebe53d9cb99f58e5f89aade9cee6f97804acd446ccad3ec328be4e