How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

Please follow the guidance below to install tcpdump on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tcpdump on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.99.1-3ubuntu0.2
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: 1374
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.99.1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 501464
MD5sum: 946f3fbe6af1569f81c361516c39510c
SHA1: 50f3d3f421eba5c98a24308e75d24f7752bf8dea
SHA256: 99d9b69491ed37afd3d3ce2fad50637a6659a12a2ac6c7df8ffc13c1bc9cc871
SHA512: af12376fb30a1b4914e578360145492a64f64cb57c854c0b406d09995b7a07232b26d435421996b610fc29a4dde434c2dcc7af192e0da6af987cc8b8ff9ea657
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.99.1-3build2
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: 1374
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.99.1-3build2_amd64.deb
Size: 501232
MD5sum: 2e3e8b1c913ec0fc249f2d72bc12954c
SHA1: 4fc9ceafc2a79114890cf70eeae9284b4c8630d8
SHA256: f0fe4c260abb384f1bc0fb8259231fcd10eaefa05cc31fe6d01b54d6368f2e44
SHA512: 0db1f4ee91d0e0342b031c2ccb7c8a75894b264e47c2cc7da5f5eb4386e6f47c4ab3be1790d9dbf4e32760eebd1ce3772c23aab12b39983b274b0a5d15415edc
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard