How To Install libwsutil9 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil9 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwsutil9 is network packet dissection utilities library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil9 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwsutil9

libwsutil9 is:

The libwsutil library provides utility functions for libwireshark11.

There are three methods to install libwsutil9 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwsutil9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwsutil9

Install libwsutil9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwsutil9

Install libwsutil9 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 libwsutil9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwsutil9

How To Uninstall libwsutil9 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwsutil9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwsutil9

Uninstall libwsutil9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwsutil9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwsutil9

Remove libwsutil9 Configurations and Data

To remove libwsutil9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwsutil9

Remove libwsutil9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwsutil9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwsutil9

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil9 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.