How To Install libwsutil8 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil8 on Ubuntu 18.04. libwsutil8 is network packet dissection utilities library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil8 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwsutil8

libwsutil8 is:

The libwsutil library provides utility functions for libwireshark10.

There are three methods to install libwsutil8 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 libwsutil8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwsutil8

Install libwsutil8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwsutil8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwsutil8

Install libwsutil8 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 libwsutil8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwsutil8

How To Uninstall libwsutil8 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libwsutil8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwsutil8

Uninstall libwsutil8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwsutil8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwsutil8

Remove libwsutil8 Configurations and Data

To remove libwsutil8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwsutil8

Remove libwsutil8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwsutil8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwsutil8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwsutil8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.