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

Last updated: December 26,2024

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

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1. Install "wireshark-common" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wireshark-common" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wireshark-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wireshark-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wireshark-common
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1384
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2.1), libssh-gcrypt-4 (>= 0.8.0), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libwireshark16 (>= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1), libwiretap13 (>= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1), libwsutil14 (>= 3.7.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, libcap2-bin
Recommends: wireshark (>= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1) | tshark (>= 4.0.11-1~deb12u1)
Breaks: wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-gtk (<< 3.0.0), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Description: network traffic analyzer - common files
Description-md5: b1c29e0c6a4eee149d83574a64f12c2b
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, network::scanner, role::app-data, role::program,
scope::utility, use::monitor
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_4.0.11-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 487664
MD5sum: 80caf3563a860f75d37f08924524125a
SHA256: c2126bbc1e4de64275f87fc6582c1a45f52b3dba8a0caeae1cce18da6082919d