How To Install libwireshark10 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark10 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwireshark10 is network packet dissection library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark10 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwireshark10

libwireshark10 is:

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

There are three methods to install libwireshark10 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 libwireshark10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark10

Install libwireshark10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwireshark10

Install libwireshark10 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 libwireshark10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark10

How To Uninstall libwireshark10 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwireshark10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireshark10

Uninstall libwireshark10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwireshark10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark10

Remove libwireshark10 Configurations and Data

To remove libwireshark10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark10

Remove libwireshark10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwireshark10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark10 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.