How To Install libwireshark-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark-data on Kali Linux.

What is libwireshark-data

libwireshark-data is:

The libwireshark library provides the network packet dissection services developed by the Wireshark project.

This package contains the platform independent files.

There are three methods to install libwireshark-data 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 libwireshark-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark-data

Install libwireshark-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwireshark-data

Install libwireshark-data 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 libwireshark-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark-data

How To Uninstall libwireshark-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwireshark-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireshark-data

Uninstall libwireshark-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark-data

Remove libwireshark-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark-data

Remove libwireshark-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark-data

Dependencies

libwireshark-data have the following dependencies:

References

• libwireshark-data website

Summary

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