How to Install and Uninstall driftnet Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "driftnet" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install driftnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall driftnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                driftnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the driftnet package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: driftnet
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: David Suarez
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.5-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4)
Filename: pool/universe/d/driftnet/driftnet_1.1.5-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 28714
MD5sum: dace99a13f7a0eb432becdbc0db87155
SHA1: 8cbc0803a0ccc37e4a6603f59c0784656e318dab
SHA256: 8df055466d9e7a1a4f25a2be02198fcce478fa97d7fc74d6c77a2f8bb496914a
Description-en: picks out and displays images from network traffic
Inspired by EtherPEG, Driftnet is a program which listens to network
traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. It is
interesting to run it on a host which sees a lot of web traffic.
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(Obviously, this is an invasion of privacy of a fairly blatant sort.
Also, if you are possessed of Victorian sensibilities, and share an
unswitched network with others who are not, you should probably not
use it.)
Description-md5: af3a10ab850a6594ef182a9ac5e6e31d
Homepage: https://github.com/deiv/driftnet
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu