How to Install and Uninstall tcpdump Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tcpdump on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall tcpdump on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tcpdump package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.99.1-4
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_4.99.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 496084
MD5sum: 4d2c3213c5c816025b3ebdf073c1fbec
SHA1: 4cf02e06e4cdebf38a14466f69c63ffabca9dfed
SHA256: 7d0a00eaa85c48c0be30dee8c9dd0b48500c6907f3ffa7a613ea90136b30ddf5
SHA512: 52469fb0618e5776af241a63e73ed8f981d1f21dd60868b275fd1431256f669e9a73c177875abda156ddfcc6bf4853c37a717d6511c9ce4be99ad8cc1da22d3c
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: command-line network traffic analyzer
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard