How To Install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8.
What is whsniff
Whsniff is a command line utility that interfaces TI CC2531 USB dongle with Wireshark for capturing and displaying IEEE 802.15.4 traffic at 2.4 GHz. Whsniff reads the packets from TI CC2531 USB dongle with sniffer_fw_cc2531 firmware, converts to the PCAP format and writes to the standard output.
We can use yum or dnf to install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install whsniff.
Install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whsniff using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install whsniff
Install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whsniff using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install whsniff
How To Uninstall whsniff on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the whsniff package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove whsniff
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whsniff on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.