How to Install and Uninstall netsniff-ng Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 18,2024

1. Install "netsniff-ng" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install netsniff-ng on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                netsniff-ng
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "netsniff-ng" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall netsniff-ng on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 netsniff-ng package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: netsniff-ng
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.4-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Borkmann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1941
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcli1.9 (>= 1.9.1), libgeoip1, libncurses5 (>= 6), libnet1 (>= 1.1.2.1), libnetfilter-conntrack3, libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libsodium23 (>= 0.6.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), liburcu6 (>= 0.10.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: ntp
Filename: pool/universe/n/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 603492
MD5sum: 460d95c986735f05a57c940fa02806b8
SHA1: 2fea23c3537a599fbc1a00dc129b7c6e54dca4d3
SHA256: 721743402a0a0308ab991697a5ab46deac4aeb75f5d1863d9b4414cc6ba7f225
Homepage: http://www.netsniff-ng.org/
Description: Linux network packet sniffer toolkit
Description-md5: b94b6656a53c5a961d6819a18232069f