How to Install and Uninstall wireshark-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "wireshark-common" package

This guide let you learn how to install wireshark-common on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall wireshark-common on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wireshark-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wireshark-common package on Kali Linux

Package: wireshark-common
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.2.2-1
Installed-Size: 1598
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 (>= 2.75.3), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2.1), libssh-gcrypt-4 (>= 0.8.0), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libwireshark17 (>= 4.2.2-1), libwiretap14 (>= 4.2.2-1), libwsutil15 (>= 4.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, libcap2-bin
Recommends: wireshark (>= 4.2.2-1) | tshark (>= 4.2.2-1)
Breaks: wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-gtk (<< 3.0.0), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Size: 573104
SHA256: 3e7515e59399764ebb0e7cf87f9d4e992b48f3cbf474cfc834cbb30e094bbaaf
SHA1: acccde040fa185f3e35218d6fa9a67cf9f1925c5
MD5sum: 022d9f312b574fb5239f33d52af65171
Description: network traffic analyzer - common files
Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes
packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list
here.
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This package provides files common to both wireshark and tshark
(the console version).
Description-md5:
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_4.2.2-1_amd64.deb