Install tcpdump on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install tcpdump
Learn how to install tcpdump with the command sudo apt-get install tcpdump on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of tcpdump:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: tcpdump
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install tcpdump
Package Details | |
| Package: | tcpdump |
| Version: | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.tcpdump.org/ |
| Description: | command-line network traffic analyzer This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet types. . It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network interface, filter packets that match a certain expression. You can use this tool to track down network problems, to detect attacks or to monitor network activities. Homepage: http://www.tcpdump.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | net |
How to install tcpdump on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If tcpdump is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L tcpdump' will give followin error.
Installing tcpdump:
After system update use the following command to install tcpdump:
sudo apt-get install tcpdump
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove tcpdump from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the tcpdump from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the tcpdump following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove tcpdump
Following command is used to remove the tcpdump package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove tcpdump
This will remove tcpdump and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing tcpdump with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge tcpdump
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove tcpdump
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with tcpdump package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.