How to Install and Uninstall libpcap-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpcap-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libpcap-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall libpcap-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libpcap-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.4-4
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: 13
Depends: libpcap0.8-dev
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap-dev_1.10.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 3314
MD5sum: 880bcfdbee1a4efa8bda3ec6fb23b9d8
SHA1: 11500a4a7c2a5901f03c3158f0c2cc08eff86849
SHA256: 250e23501ca7f6f33e61e239b32c3eae0dd2c314cceb3d738cf9ed77298704e2
SHA512: c8e2af286f8711363ce61a8807b425d44b6deb0ac8042f79e81801a7e3b9aea5c5a8f81ee8dab98f17d24477d2c07de033c74691e513f7a20660124c29cf1816
Homepage: https://www.tcpdump.org/
Description: development library for libpcap (transitional package)
Description-md5: 10078daf2f68ccb78a8fc1970d8c94f5