How to Install and Uninstall wireshark-common Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "wireshark-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install wireshark-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wireshark-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wireshark-common" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall wireshark-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wireshark-common package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: wireshark-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.7-1~exp1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wireshark
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1352
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.8), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh-gcrypt-4 (>= 0.8.0), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libwireshark14 (>= 3.4.7-1~exp1), libwiretap11 (>= 3.4.7-1~exp1), libwsutil12 (>= 3.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, libcap2-bin
Recommends: wireshark (>= 3.4.7-1~exp1) | tshark (>= 3.4.7-1~exp1)
Breaks: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-gtk (<< 3.0.0), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Replaces: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~), wireshark-qt (<< 2.0.0~rc3+g841d5e1)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_3.4.7-1~exp1_amd64.deb
Size: 475460
MD5sum: cf3db35735a9181fc86bb2d04dd22d09
SHA1: 500fd84c17211d8afdd6f1ca30abc0620d387b68
SHA256: 58e7528afb191b075eca3feb315485beb49d834d9e9ca620fdf5066e87ac9942
SHA512: 0ade16fb17a90c5aa63224c615ba38cb5ff0bae834d8617ebb1691b50d26264cbc90d1dda4de24f7821c6889c5e2711d650d004023f5d930e9fbed1853cd880e
Homepage: https://www.wireshark.org/
Description-en: network traffic analyzer - common files
Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes
packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list
here.
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This package provides files common to both wireshark and tshark
(the console version).
Description-md5: b1c29e0c6a4eee149d83574a64f12c2b