How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the tcpdump on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "tcpdump" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install tcpdump on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall tcpdump on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tcpdump
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tcpdump package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.99.1-3ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1374
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.99.1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 501464
MD5sum: 946f3fbe6af1569f81c361516c39510c
SHA1: 50f3d3f421eba5c98a24308e75d24f7752bf8dea
SHA256: 99d9b69491ed37afd3d3ce2fad50637a6659a12a2ac6c7df8ffc13c1bc9cc871
SHA512: af12376fb30a1b4914e578360145492a64f64cb57c854c0b406d09995b7a07232b26d435421996b610fc29a4dde434c2dcc7af192e0da6af987cc8b8ff9ea657
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.99.1-3build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1374
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.9.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.12~)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.99.1-3build2_amd64.deb
Size: 501232
MD5sum: 2e3e8b1c913ec0fc249f2d72bc12954c
SHA1: 4fc9ceafc2a79114890cf70eeae9284b4c8630d8
SHA256: f0fe4c260abb384f1bc0fb8259231fcd10eaefa05cc31fe6d01b54d6368f2e44
SHA512: 0db1f4ee91d0e0342b031c2ccb7c8a75894b264e47c2cc7da5f5eb4386e6f47c4ab3be1790d9dbf4e32760eebd1ce3772c23aab12b39983b274b0a5d15415edc
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard