How To Install libwsutil11 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil11 on Ubuntu 20.04. libwsutil11 is network packet dissection utilities library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil11 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libwsutil11

libwsutil11 is:

The libwsutil library provides utility functions for libwireshark13.

There are three methods to install libwsutil11 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 libwsutil11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwsutil11

Install libwsutil11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwsutil11

Install libwsutil11 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 libwsutil11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwsutil11

How To Uninstall libwsutil11 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libwsutil11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwsutil11

Uninstall libwsutil11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwsutil11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwsutil11

Remove libwsutil11 Configurations and Data

To remove libwsutil11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwsutil11

Remove libwsutil11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwsutil11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwsutil11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil11 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.