How to Install and Uninstall wireshark-qt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "wireshark-qt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install wireshark-qt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wireshark-qt" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall wireshark-qt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wireshark-qt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wireshark-qt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wireshark
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8405
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.3.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.3.0), libqt5multimedia5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libwireshark11 (>= 2.5.1), libwiretap8 (>= 2.6.2), libwscodecs2 (>= 2.5.0), libwsutil9 (>= 2.6.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), wireshark-common (= 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0)
Recommends: libqt5multimedia5-plugins
Breaks: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~)
Replaces: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wireshark/wireshark-qt_2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0_amd64.deb
Size: 3518340
MD5sum: 9fca4447cbdc43f6e08f5b9efdc5b6ef
SHA1: df76ada8d35d6913bd766d0705e17123c6c787c3
SHA256: 33e358d594f5e09acf1c8500125e0d3188ce922c17596963b335be6aeacac743
SHA512: 7092246e4298886208f923fe3360d947f1c4db51f55ae0923c8bcf942c79f3e0c847768712fe1b36c1cf6993dfb526fa8fa8f3532e732c86bb06b0bb3ef9dca6
Homepage: http://www.wireshark.org/
Description-en: network traffic analyzer - Qt version
Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes
packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list
here.
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This package provides the Qt version of Wireshark.
Description-md5: 4aa78d5ff5497c82e96e6e723d3c5af6

Package: wireshark-qt
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 7342
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Source: wireshark
Version: 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1
Replaces: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.3.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.3.0), libqt5multimedia5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0), libsbc1, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libwireshark6 (>= 2.0.2), libwiretap5 (>= 2.0.0), libwsutil6 (>= 1.99.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), wireshark-common (= 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1), xdg-utils
Recommends: libqt5multimedia5-plugins
Breaks: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3), wireshark (<< 2.0.0~)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wireshark/wireshark-qt_2.0.2+ga16e22e-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3237670
MD5sum: 091b633052319dac9823d471d0843505
SHA1: 012f35bd52e236e7775087bd68da72176cd52a75
SHA256: 7223e7a2d487a2b7af72b50961dec53c5ff485cbcebb1356a9435f12c52b09ee
Description-en: network traffic analyzer - Qt version
Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes
packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list
here.
.
This package provides the Qt version of Wireshark.
Description-md5: 4aa78d5ff5497c82e96e6e723d3c5af6
Homepage: http://www.wireshark.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu