How to Install and Uninstall libpcap0.8 Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libpcap0.8" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpcap0.8 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap0.8" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpcap0.8 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap0.8 package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libpcap0.8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.1-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: libpcap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 345
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Replaces: libpcap0.8-dev (<< 1.0.0-2)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8_1.9.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 127764
MD5sum: cba1e2e59c2852218d549f1201ad80ee
SHA1: 3581dd32c1b91295b91b29c6ac38332e49d385e6
SHA256: 27a8959efadd8a147480739a2dd91da6be8d922d8815430caf33f529dd46ba0c
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: system interface for user-level packet capture
Description-md5: fc353603d8470e05b8e9063ea61ff608
Task: standard, ubuntu-core