How To Install python-ncap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ncap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ncap
python-ncap is:
ncap is a network capture library like libpcap (on which it is based) and tcpdump. It produces binary data in its own ncap format, which can be stored in a dump file or transmitted over a UDP socket. Unlike libpcap, it discards data link headers and only supports IPv4 and IPv6 packets, but it can perform reassembly of IP datagrams.
This package contains the Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python-ncap 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 python-ncap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ncap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ncap
Install python-ncap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ncap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ncap
Install python-ncap 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 python-ncap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ncap
How To Uninstall python-ncap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ncap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ncap
Uninstall python-ncap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ncap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ncap
Remove python-ncap Configurations and Data
To remove python-ncap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ncap
Remove python-ncap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ncap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ncap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ncap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
