How to Install and Uninstall libpcap-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libpcap-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpcap-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcap-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libpcap-dev
Source: libpcap
Version: 1.10.0-2
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libpcap0.8-dev
Description: development library for libpcap (transitional package)
Description-md5: 10078daf2f68ccb78a8fc1970d8c94f5
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Tag: devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap-dev_1.10.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 31084
MD5sum: 0e8c7d538a138febf7cdd837afe46872
SHA256: a413c462e79cdcf1aa4e8239c6c531b8389bd4c5281e86f0d06640dc016b1973