How to Install and Uninstall libpcap-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libpcap-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpcap-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libpcap-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: libpcap-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.0-2build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpcap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20
Depends: libpcap0.8-dev
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap-dev_1.10.0-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 3324
MD5sum: 90baffe652b28c3dfa3549a7ebf9aeaa
SHA1: 6f770bac5a9231a779b220ec9aefd0cf345ae880
SHA256: c72cb565e1215055dc2a965852c688e23ccd3222fdd0ca1a9ff62c24c4226235
SHA512: 4c76f13f0f29c04a9f3b8364eb87fb601e3cc4a8f547050ce4b242cb4c4b723a0e853c7a2496afbe6205b9555cd7c767da759edad82e40db7182baffef59189d
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Description-en: development library for libpcap (transitional package)
Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
Description-md5: 10078daf2f68ccb78a8fc1970d8c94f5