How To Install libwireshark16 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark16 on Debian 12.
What is libwireshark16
libwireshark16 is:
The libwireshark library provides the network packet dissection services developed by the Wireshark project.
There are three methods to install libwireshark16 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwireshark16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark16 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark16
Install libwireshark16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark16 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwireshark16
Install libwireshark16 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark16 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark16
How To Uninstall libwireshark16 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwireshark16 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwireshark16
Uninstall libwireshark16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwireshark16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark16
Remove libwireshark16 Configurations and Data
To remove libwireshark16 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark16
Remove libwireshark16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwireshark16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark16
Dependencies
libwireshark16 have the following dependencies:
- libbcg729-0
- libbrotli1
- libc-ares2
- libc6
- libgcrypt20
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libgpg-error0
- libk5crypto3
- libkrb5-3
- liblua5.2-0
- liblz4-1
- libnghttp2-14
- libpcre2-8-0
- libsbc1
- libsmi2ldbl
- libsnappy1v5
- libspandsp2
- libwiretap13
- libwsutil14
- libxml2
- libzstd1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark16 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
