How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

Please follow the instructions below to install tcpdump on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall tcpdump on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tcpdump package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1087
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), adduser
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 369420
MD5sum: 15bf4a3074fb49b8936ab993787fb2b0
SHA1: 2c596021339aaaa37f626c1927d52bb57211596e
SHA256: 0f3b8fc8dd3639360e45d3399b99cf1c9350d6bb93a37623542932a3542346e5
SHA512: 1cd6f6e654e25f1aaf396e308c83a400c43e020d80b7252e3c3e19bef4882e9ae9b1142b29c26ec591eb73920d4835c58f49aa1fef51cb5b38d1d277bd0eb803
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.3-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1087
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), adduser
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.3-4_amd64.deb
Size: 369804
MD5sum: 153f48f9c1086f779bbb5405aa3a44ee
SHA1: ae3f8f96d9bc998e4097f38fbc5e4f31f4ff61c6
SHA256: 30745b403c4f2b695f2b1392f33ba24a128a0977518619391f4241f6d9dd4bc0
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard