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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

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1. Install "wireshark-gtk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install wireshark-gtk on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wireshark-gtk 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-gtk package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wireshark-gtk
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.0.6-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: wireshark-qt (>= 3.0.0~)
Description: transitional dummy package
Description-md5: 1f317b04f78374dba7d1e14def0b7f80
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-gtk_4.0.6-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 19396
SHA256: 6ca6ae3a4f7865f03e77722c9f4bfcfa01fd8d436d41518dcd2c6215f232702d