How To Install wireshark on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wireshark

wireshark 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 is a meta-package for Wireshark.

There are three methods to install wireshark 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wireshark

Install wireshark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wireshark

Install wireshark 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 wireshark using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wireshark

How To Uninstall wireshark on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wireshark

Uninstall wireshark And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireshark

Remove wireshark Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wireshark

Remove wireshark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireshark

Dependencies

wireshark have the following dependencies:

• wireshark-qt

References

• wireshark website

Summary

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