How To Install wireshark-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-doc on Debian 10.
What is wireshark-doc
wireshark-doc 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 contains Wireshark User’s guide, Wireshark Developer’s Guide and the Lua Reference.
There are three methods to install wireshark-doc 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 wireshark-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wireshark-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireshark-doc
Install wireshark-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wireshark-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireshark-doc
Install wireshark-doc 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 wireshark-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireshark-doc
How To Uninstall wireshark-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wireshark-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireshark-doc
Uninstall wireshark-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireshark-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireshark-doc
Remove wireshark-doc Configurations and Data
To remove wireshark-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireshark-doc
Remove wireshark-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wireshark-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireshark-doc
Dependencies
wireshark-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.