How To Install libwsutil7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil7 on Debian 9. libwsutil7 is network packet dissection utilities library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil7 on Debian 9.

What is libwsutil7

libwsutil7 is:

The libwsutil library provides utility functions for libwireshark8.

There are three methods to install libwsutil7 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwsutil7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwsutil7

Install libwsutil7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwsutil7

Install libwsutil7 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 libwsutil7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwsutil7

How To Uninstall libwsutil7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libwsutil7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwsutil7

Uninstall libwsutil7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwsutil7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwsutil7

Remove libwsutil7 Configurations and Data

To remove libwsutil7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwsutil7

Remove libwsutil7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwsutil7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwsutil7

Dependencies

libwsutil7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.