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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "pcapfix" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pcapfix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pcapfix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pcapfix
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pcapfix/pcapfix_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 45416
MD5sum: 710553474244c479ec7c9225b3f1c55c
SHA1: 2c0a030ce8e312fa863839c6ece3485655c1bc86
SHA256: 61065a1a4dee46f3141783afa92e4297b0bb79e4af1accdc5e27c323436c534c
Description-en: repairs broken pcap and pcapng files
libpcap (Packet CAPture) provides a portable framework for low-level network
monitoring. Network dumps based on libpcap can be made by tcpdump, wireshark
and other tools. Sometimes those dumps can get corrupted by several reasons.
Examples of this are a copy from Linux to Windows with a conversion to DOS/
Windows text file line ending (CR-LF) or a transfer over FTP in ASCII mode
instead of BINARY mode.
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pcapfix tries to repair your broken pcap files, fixing the global header and
recovering the packets by searching and guessing the packet headers.
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pcapfix will first step through the packets top down until it recognizes a
corrupted one by using plausibility checks. After that the tool will brute
force further pcap packet headers by reading the file byte by byte. If another
proper packet is found, pcapfix restores the data in between by adding a
well-formed pcap packet header.
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The PCAP Next Generation Dump File Format (or pcapng for short) is an attempt
to overcome the limitations of the currently widely used (but limited) libpcap
format. Since 1.0.0 version, pcapfix works with pcapng format too.
Description-md5: ca1894e2a9b74596f788a20d3c631a6a
Enhances: tcpdump, wireshark
Homepage: http://f00l.de/pcapfix
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu