How To Install libpcap0.8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcap0.8 on Kali Linux.

What is libpcap0.8

libpcap0.8 is:

libpcap (Packet CAPture) provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc.

Since almost every system vendor provides a different interface for packet capture, and since there are several tools that require this functionality, the libpcap authors created this system-independent API to ease in porting and to alleviate the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules in each application.

There are three methods to install libpcap0.8 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 libpcap0.8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcap0.8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcap0.8

Install libpcap0.8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcap0.8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcap0.8

Install libpcap0.8 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 libpcap0.8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcap0.8

How To Uninstall libpcap0.8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpcap0.8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcap0.8

Uninstall libpcap0.8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcap0.8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcap0.8

Remove libpcap0.8 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcap0.8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcap0.8

Remove libpcap0.8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcap0.8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcap0.8

Dependencies

libpcap0.8 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdbus-1-3

References

• libpcap0.8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcap0.8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.