How To Install libwireshark14 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark14 on Kali Linux. libwireshark14 is network packet dissection library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark14 on Kali Linux.

What is libwireshark14

libwireshark14 is:

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

There are three methods to install libwireshark14 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 libwireshark14 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark14 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark14

Install libwireshark14 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark14 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwireshark14

Install libwireshark14 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 libwireshark14 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark14

How To Uninstall libwireshark14 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwireshark14 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireshark14

Uninstall libwireshark14 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwireshark14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark14

Remove libwireshark14 Configurations and Data

To remove libwireshark14 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark14

Remove libwireshark14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwireshark14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark14

Dependencies

libwireshark14 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark14 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.