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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libpcap0.8-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpcap0.8-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpcap0.8-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the libpcap0.8-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpcap0.8-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpcap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 697
Depends: libpcap0.8 (= 1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1), libc6-dev
Conflicts: libpcap-dev (<< 0.9), libpcap0.7-dev
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8-dev_1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 212450
MD5sum: ddda37cb570588ef05cbdc7b32b716d3
SHA1: 4926bce957579a4f1d638d0a505410a26cf850af
SHA256: c97eb28978834dbe0224be76c00ba6273486970155542c6b08369538ccd6dd88
SHA512: 661809bd0c8d8a873c07cf30b5e6687dc15636581c45d11a83cfe615b1699920cc3d978cde3251c4c6ae4499bc38942bf85456730546f7c120de29e25ef34ccb
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Description-en: development library and header files for libpcap0.8
Headers, static libraries, and documentation for the libpcap library.
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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: 847ec6013e502e2a10ed73e3627d72b8
Supported: 5y

Package: libpcap0.8-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 698
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpcap
Version: 1.7.4-2
Depends: libpcap0.8 (= 1.7.4-2), libc6-dev
Conflicts: libpcap-dev (<< 0.9), libpcap0.7-dev
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0.8-dev_1.7.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 212414
MD5sum: 44df3da8707c2b5cd1f3f0bb68a005a6
SHA1: 4a466298ef7e64f5509a555d012d68fb01a18f40
SHA256: 6346a5291c5dac51aa3a79a6341b44ad30bf3a36a496817b28ffa92b953601d4
Description-en: development library and header files for libpcap0.8
Headers, static libraries, and documentation for the libpcap library.
.
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: 847ec6013e502e2a10ed73e3627d72b8
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m