How To Install libwireshark-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libwireshark-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark-data
How To Uninstall libwireshark-data on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
