How To Install wireshark-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-doc on Kali Linux.
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 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-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wireshark-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireshark-docInstall wireshark-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wireshark-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireshark-docInstall wireshark-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireshark-docHow To Uninstall wireshark-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wireshark-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireshark-docUninstall wireshark-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireshark-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireshark-docRemove wireshark-doc Configurations and Data
To remove wireshark-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireshark-docRemove 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-docDependencies
wireshark-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireshark-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.