How To Install libwireshark13 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark13 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwireshark13
libwireshark13 is:
The libwireshark library provides the network packet dissection services developed by the Wireshark project.
There are three methods to install libwireshark13 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwireshark13 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark13 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark13
Install libwireshark13 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark13 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwireshark13
Install libwireshark13 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 libwireshark13 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark13
How To Uninstall libwireshark13 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwireshark13 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwireshark13
Uninstall libwireshark13 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwireshark13 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark13
Remove libwireshark13 Configurations and Data
To remove libwireshark13 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark13
Remove libwireshark13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwireshark13 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark13
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark13 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
