How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

This tutorial shows how to install tcpdump on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall tcpdump on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: tcpdump
Version: 4.99.4-3
Installed-Size: 1340
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Size: 467424
SHA256: bb88b60107dff0ca4d9c1fa715038cfb4ff7ba70e89512362071702f2576c8dd
SHA1: 001948864c2d3f719493c2619250af3d63561d1d
MD5sum: cb265d76012f2da7fa623967d025a936
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump
is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS
BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet
types.
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It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network
interface, filter packets that match a certain expression. You can
use this tool to track down network problems, to detect attacks
or to monitor network activities.
Description-md5:
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_4.99.4-3_amd64.deb