How To Install libwireshark8 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark8 on Debian 9. libwireshark8 is network packet dissection library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark8 on Debian 9.

What is libwireshark8

libwireshark8 is:

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

There are three methods to install libwireshark8 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwireshark8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwireshark8

Install libwireshark8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwireshark8

Install libwireshark8 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireshark8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireshark8

How To Uninstall libwireshark8 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libwireshark8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireshark8

Uninstall libwireshark8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwireshark8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireshark8

Remove libwireshark8 Configurations and Data

To remove libwireshark8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireshark8

Remove libwireshark8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwireshark8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireshark8

Dependencies

libwireshark8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireshark8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.