How to Install and Uninstall driftnet Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "driftnet" package

This is a short guide on how to install driftnet on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall driftnet on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                driftnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the driftnet package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: driftnet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.0+dfsg-2build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: David Suarez
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Depends: libjs-jquery (>= 3.3.1~dfsg), libjs-lightbox2 (>= 2.11.1+dfsg), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libwebsockets16 (>= 2.4.1)
Filename: pool/universe/d/driftnet/driftnet_1.3.0+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 35824
MD5sum: 572fe20d1e81c46d2e9d3abd3354e5c8
SHA1: cefd90ba08b43ff8b0f9129a933492dc0b368066
SHA256: 618e6fe2a1c39a37eebc8cf8e7fe3926fd5df6c627a4e861f036fe56ad5300c9
SHA512: 558425eeaa5541c4b9fd5ef509410f7dc79e25536d1973ac656e9955b050dca937b9bed6da2558ded57e535de5833e91d2afc5a7dbfabda2b142496eaf4b345c
Homepage: https://github.com/deiv/driftnet
Description-en: picks out and displays images from network traffic
Inspired by EtherPEG, Driftnet is a program which listens to network
traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. It is
interesting to run it on a host which sees a lot of web traffic.
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(Obviously, this is an invasion of privacy of a fairly blatant sort.
Also, if you are possessed of Victorian sensibilities, and share an
unswitched network with others who are not, you should probably not
use it.)
Description-md5: af3a10ab850a6594ef182a9ac5e6e31d