How To Install libwiretap8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap8
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwiretap8
libwiretap8 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.
There are three methods to install libwiretap8
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 libwiretap8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwiretap8
Install libwiretap8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwiretap8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwiretap8
Install libwiretap8 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 libwiretap8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwiretap8
How To Uninstall libwiretap8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwiretap8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwiretap8
Uninstall libwiretap8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwiretap8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwiretap8
Remove libwiretap8 Configurations and Data
To remove libwiretap8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwiretap8
Remove libwiretap8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwiretap8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwiretap8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiretap8
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.