How To Install libwiretap10 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap10
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwiretap10
libwiretap10 is:
Wiretap, part of the Wireshark project, is a library that allows one to read and write several packet capture file formats.
Supported formats are:
- Libpcap
- Sniffer
- LANalyzer
- Network Monitor
- “snoop”
- “iptrace”
- Sniffer Basic (NetXRay)/Windows Sniffer Pro
- RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzers
- Lucent/Ascend access products
- HP-UX nettl
- Toshiba ISDN Router
- ISDN4BSD “i4btrace” utility
- Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System iplogging facility
- pppd logs (pppdump-format files)
- VMS TCPTRACE
- DBS Etherwatch (text format)
- Catapult DCT2000 (.out files)
Wiretap’s shortcomings are: no filter capability and no support for packet capture.
There are three methods to install libwiretap10
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 libwiretap10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap10
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwiretap10
Install libwiretap10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap10
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwiretap10
Install libwiretap10 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 libwiretap10
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwiretap10
How To Uninstall libwiretap10 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwiretap10
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwiretap10
Uninstall libwiretap10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwiretap10
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwiretap10
Remove libwiretap10 Configurations and Data
To remove libwiretap10
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwiretap10
Remove libwiretap10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwiretap10
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwiretap10
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap10
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.