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

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "tcpdump" package

Please follow the guidance below to install tcpdump on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: tcpdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1078
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 362796
MD5sum: 7c4315c859b22fbbd77cb185c9f7f518
SHA1: 781fd97688776db64681bc189525aca043faad13
SHA256: 8c8c06e445fd45d97a7ac52e345efd8d7e239842b6f2d6488352ecd1816104ff
SHA512: efd0b526832befe1b32a2c1f35f03d409d4d657af2bb06bdec838d47d7a5d64609fd592ff03c04d4a3abf6fa6b83fab7dc747ee3257538b81ec9353939780b9e
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Description-en: command-line network traffic analyzer
This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump
is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS
BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet
types.
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It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network
interface, filter packets that match a certain expression. You can
use this tool to track down network problems, to detect attacks
or to monitor network activities.
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: tcpdump
Priority: standard
Section: net
Installed-Size: 1181
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.7.4-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.7.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 371264
MD5sum: 7819d2c336613e93b452071c961f98f0
SHA1: 5a43ce86be8d7f4afc173cd91ca8dc695d644c36
SHA256: 627ad908f73a44c4f70a17f0dbf69e69114d0eae427f7cca24bd2b91f6ace922
Description-en: command-line network traffic analyzer
This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump
is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS
BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet
types.
.
It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network
interface, filter packets that match a certain expression. You can
use this tool to track down network problems, to detect attacks
or to monitor network activities.
Description-md5: f01841bfda357d116d7ff7b7a47e8782
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard