Complete Guide: Installing dnscap on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2024

1. Install "dnscap" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dnscap on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dnscap on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnscap
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnscap package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dnscap
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.1+debian-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 407
Depends: perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.15), libldns3 (>= 1.7.1), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnscap/dnscap_2.0.1+debian-1_amd64.deb
Size: 94052
MD5sum: 77441c1c59daa8315f641c1acca94d87
SHA1: 2db3532e4ff24885d9541df39e838175cf867fe9
SHA256: c652bbeb07aaa163249052c6b50133f89cf417d68d6f563d9722c92dac78719f
SHA512: d637a70b1f67f0b2c6e6c6e2e5e3e187b547807a071124fee24d2b521404cb02f29e7c7b1d9e0624702ea9f159a89026ffc9bdbf049c79251923ef241288582e
Homepage: https://www.dns-oarc.net/tools/dnscap
Description-en: Network capture utility designed specifically for DNS traffic
dnscap is a network capture utility designed specifically for DNS traffic. It
produces binary data in pcap(3) format. This utility is similar to tcpdump(1),
but has a number of features tailored to DNS transactions and protocol options.
Description-md5: 24eb705d172e0388560288b96e8543cb