How to Install and Uninstall wireshark-common Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "wireshark-common" package

Please follow the steps below to install wireshark-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install wireshark-common

2. Uninstall "wireshark-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wireshark-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):

$ sudo apt remove wireshark-common $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the wireshark-common package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: wireshark-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wireshark
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1625
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)
Replaces: wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_4.2.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 587456
MD5sum: 4e1e129f4482062977f8beb6fc942aeb
SHA1: 9e190cd1d1a2b47798d7ca8b2980ada671f5f6d7
SHA256: 8ddfcd77a4ca38389cf19d348a7c6e92285e338d42c5c3e28defc01780c9d97d
SHA512: db8e3042b725ad0c9bde76053543a699be10d7f1ed0c3116d51e1b1ea02cb2e13d2fd212a74ef3d16e8079294e012b738b1faba94189660f31c35e84ecf09bba
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Description: network traffic analyzer - common files
Description-md5: b1c29e0c6a4eee149d83574a64f12c2b