How to Install and Uninstall libpcap0.8 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpcap0.8" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpcap0.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcap0.8" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpcap0.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcap0.8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcap0.8 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpcap0.8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: libpcap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 304
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Replaces: libpcap0.8-dev (<< 1.0.0-2)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8_1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 116898
MD5sum: b38d2927b878c024c6904b861f60634e
SHA1: bb7d8434c6bc7bede2c544a1b6bd4d0ab136243f
SHA256: 59336e09b77152800a15cb3da6a1fe819925f7522526f1b38990f32b19591a11
SHA512: 6e20c9fbcf0b73705533b5ba1c9f2786c66ec02d76b3742bcd93790fc3ae931ad49ded1080d76416203ff18c53be1f3f950a26e68f23c61ad4a57ca7a1a32531
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Description-en: system interface for user-level packet capture
libpcap (Packet CAPture) provides a portable framework for low-level
network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection,
security monitoring, network debugging, etc.
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Since almost every system vendor provides a different interface for
packet capture, and since there are several tools that require this
functionality, the libpcap authors created this system-independent API
to ease in porting and to alleviate the need for several
system-dependent packet capture modules in each application.
Description-md5: fc353603d8470e05b8e9063ea61ff608
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: libpcap0.8
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 308
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpcap
Version: 1.7.4-2
Replaces: libpcap0.8-dev (<< 1.0.0-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8_1.7.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 116794
MD5sum: 6b4372b0840fada16f16ed4d97f32146
SHA1: e2c79a86a55de79fac6a7d0a233dc79ca1ff5566
SHA256: 71c8d36612838933be63684c2baad2af31cd1cc5a1f84566804996875b90b473
Description-en: system interface for user-level packet capture
libpcap (Packet CAPture) provides a portable framework for low-level
network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection,
security monitoring, network debugging, etc.
.
Since almost every system vendor provides a different interface for
packet capture, and since there are several tools that require this
functionality, the libpcap authors created this system-independent API
to ease in porting and to alleviate the need for several
system-dependent packet capture modules in each application.
Description-md5: fc353603d8470e05b8e9063ea61ff608
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk