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

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tcpdump" package

Please follow the steps below to install tcpdump on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall tcpdump 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 tcpdump package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: tcpdump
Version: 4.99.3-1
Installed-Size: 1332
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://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_4.99.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 466880
MD5sum: e8fab55d345a6efc5cc6693d698f2b61
SHA256: 43cedfb738376d263f3f9a29b7d9b2d70c1c12e14e76a20ce7aa0a867b39dfa8