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

Last updated: November 06,2024

1. Install "wireshark-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install wireshark-dev on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wireshark-dev on Kali Linux:


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

Package: wireshark-dev
Source: wireshark
Version: 4.2.2-1
Installed-Size: 610
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libwsutil15 (>= 2.3.0), omniidl, libpcap0.8-dev, libglib2.0-dev, python3:any, python3-ply, snacc, libwireshark-dev, libwiretap-dev
Size: 142480
SHA256: 51abb6ea4dcbd9b48e1429e3ee69c58a3d9075e51e890fe8d07fb06443ddca72
SHA1: f581546db3bd7adbf763bd64116a9b0e2460a2dd
MD5sum: 5ee7b1c730bff06818c0a9566cb98950
Description: network traffic analyzer - development tools
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 idl2wrs and other files necessary for developing
new packet dissectors.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
network::scanner, role::devel-lib, role::program, use::monitor
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_4.2.2-1_amd64.deb