How To Install tcpdump on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpdump on Debian 10.
What is tcpdump
tcpdump is:
This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet types.
It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network interface, filter packets that match a certain expression. You can use this tool to track down network problems, to detect attacks or to monitor network activities.
There are three methods to install tcpdump on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcpdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpdump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcpdump
Install tcpdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpdump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcpdump
Install tcpdump 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpdump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcpdump
How To Uninstall tcpdump on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tcpdump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcpdump
Uninstall tcpdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpdump
Remove tcpdump Configurations and Data
To remove tcpdump configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcpdump
Remove tcpdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpdump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpdump
Dependencies
tcpdump have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpdump package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
