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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wireshark" package

This guide let you learn how to install wireshark on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall wireshark 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 wireshark package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wireshark
Version: 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: wireshark-qt (= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1)
Description: network traffic analyzer - meta-package
Description-md5: e2e26f45272009095cc47933b48129a6
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::scanner, protocol::ethernet, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::gtk, use::analysing, use::monitor,
works-with::network-traffic, x11::application
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_4.0.11-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 20896
MD5sum: ea8aec1edfdcad72e8dd403d5690ca1b
SHA256: 9e4229f00db2dda7df94fd4a2d198fbbd15932b82e87c0fb664cbf4e9ba9725d