How To Install libpacketdump3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacketdump3 on Kali Linux.

What is libpacketdump3

libpacketdump3 is:

libpacketdump provides a library which can parse packets and display the packet contents in a nice human-readable form. The output is similar to that produced by tcpdump, although the formatting is somewhat more verbose.

libpacketdump is developed by the WAND Network Research Group at Waikato University in New Zealand.

There are three methods to install libpacketdump3 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpacketdump3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpacketdump3

Install libpacketdump3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpacketdump3

Install libpacketdump3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpacketdump3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpacketdump3

How To Uninstall libpacketdump3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpacketdump3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpacketdump3

Uninstall libpacketdump3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpacketdump3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpacketdump3

Remove libpacketdump3 Configurations and Data

To remove libpacketdump3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpacketdump3

Remove libpacketdump3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpacketdump3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpacketdump3

Dependencies

libpacketdump3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• libpacketdump3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacketdump3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.