How To Install tshark on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tshark on Kali Linux.

What is tshark

tshark is:

Wireshark is a network “sniffer” - a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list here.

This package provides the console version of wireshark, named “tshark”.

There are three methods to install tshark on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tshark Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tshark

Install tshark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tshark

Install tshark Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install tshark

How To Uninstall tshark on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tshark

Uninstall tshark And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tshark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tshark

Remove tshark Configurations and Data

To remove tshark configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tshark

Remove tshark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tshark

Dependencies

tshark have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libpcap0.8
• libwireshark14
• libwiretap11
• libwsutil12
• zlib1g

References

• tshark website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tshark package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.