How to Install Wireshark on Linux
- 1). Navigate to the Wireshark website at wireshark.org using any Web browser.
- 2). Click on the "Download" button and choose the "Source Code" option.
- 3). Open a terminal window to access a command prompt.
- 4). Type the command "tar -xvjf wireshark-<version>.tar.bz2" to extract the contents of the archive file. Replace "<version>" with the version number of the package you downloaded.
- 5). Type the command "cd wireshark-<version>" to navigate into the newly created directory.
- 6). Type the command "./configure" to configure the makefile for the software.
- 7). Type the command "make" to compile the source code.
- 8). Type the command "su -" to switch to the root user.
- 9). Type the command "make install" to install the software.
- 10
Type the command "wireshark" to start the program.
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