How To Install libpacketdump3v5 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacketdump3v5 on Ubuntu 22.04. libpacketdump3v5 is network packet parsing and human-readable display library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacketdump3v5 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libpacketdump3v5

libpacketdump3v5 is:

libpacketdump provides a library which can parse packets and display the packet contents in a nice human-readable form. The output is similar to that produced by tcpdump, although the formatting is somewhat more verbose.

libpacketdump is developed by the WAND Network Research Group at Waikato University in New Zealand.

There are three methods to install libpacketdump3v5 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpacketdump3v5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpacketdump3v5

Install libpacketdump3v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpacketdump3v5

Install libpacketdump3v5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpacketdump3v5

How To Uninstall libpacketdump3v5 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libpacketdump3v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpacketdump3v5

Uninstall libpacketdump3v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpacketdump3v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpacketdump3v5

Remove libpacketdump3v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libpacketdump3v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpacketdump3v5

Remove libpacketdump3v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpacketdump3v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpacketdump3v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacketdump3v5 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.