How To Install libwiretap-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwiretap-dev
libwiretap-dev is:
Wiretap, part of the Wireshark project, is a library that allows one to read and write several packet capture file formats.
Supported formats are:
- Libpcap
- Sniffer
- LANalyzer
- Network Monitor
- “snoop”
- “iptrace”
- Sniffer Basic (NetXRay)/Windows Sniffer Pro
- RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzers
- Lucent/Ascend access products
- HP-UX nettl
- Toshiba ISDN Router
- ISDN4BSD “i4btrace” utility
- Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System iplogging facility
- pppd logs (pppdump-format files)
- VMS TCPTRACE
- DBS Etherwatch (text format)
- Catapult DCT2000 (.out files)
Wiretap’s shortcomings are: no filter capability and no support for packet capture.
This package contains the static library and the C header files.
There are three methods to install libwiretap-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwiretap-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwiretap-dev
Install libwiretap-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwiretap-dev
Install libwiretap-dev 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 libwiretap-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwiretap-dev
How To Uninstall libwiretap-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwiretap-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwiretap-dev
Uninstall libwiretap-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwiretap-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwiretap-dev
Remove libwiretap-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwiretap-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwiretap-dev
Remove libwiretap-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwiretap-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwiretap-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.