How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

This is a short guide on how to install tcpdump on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall tcpdump on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: tcpdump
Version: 4.99.0-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 1329
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
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_4.99.0-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 465712
MD5sum: 92515760a94f59ee2b761c71dc65f722
SHA256: 404edd8a1ab881411e476fe6e638f523dc76f592a296e6dbc687743cdac569b0