How To Install python3-pcapy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcapy
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-pcapy
python3-pcapy is:
Pcapy is a Python extension module that interfaces with the libpcap packet capture library.
Pcapy enables Python scripts to capture packets on the network. Pcapy is highly effective when used in conjunction with a packet-handling package such as Impacket, which is a collection of Python classes for constructing and dissecting network packets.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pcapy
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 python3-pcapy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pcapy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pcapy
Install python3-pcapy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pcapy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pcapy
Install python3-pcapy 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 python3-pcapy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pcapy
How To Uninstall python3-pcapy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-pcapy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pcapy
Uninstall python3-pcapy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pcapy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pcapy
Remove python3-pcapy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pcapy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pcapy
Remove python3-pcapy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pcapy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pcapy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcapy
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.