How To Install libwireshark11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwireshark11
libwireshark11 is:
The libwireshark library provides the network packet dissection services developed by the Wireshark project.
There are three methods to install libwireshark11 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 libwireshark11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark11
Install libwireshark11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwireshark11
Install libwireshark11 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 libwireshark11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark11
How To Uninstall libwireshark11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwireshark11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwireshark11
Uninstall libwireshark11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwireshark11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark11
Remove libwireshark11 Configurations and Data
To remove libwireshark11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark11
Remove libwireshark11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwireshark11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark11
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
