How To Install wireshark-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-common on Kali Linux.
What is wireshark-common
wireshark-common 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 files common to both wireshark and tshark (the console version).
There are three methods to install wireshark-common 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 wireshark-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wireshark-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireshark-commonInstall wireshark-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wireshark-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireshark-commonInstall wireshark-common 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wireshark-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireshark-commonHow To Uninstall wireshark-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wireshark-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireshark-commonUninstall wireshark-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireshark-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireshark-commonRemove wireshark-common Configurations and Data
To remove wireshark-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireshark-commonRemove wireshark-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wireshark-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireshark-commonDependencies
wireshark-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.