
How to install NextCloud on Debian 10 13580 8. How to install Zimbra Mail server 8.8.8 on Cent OS 7 14265 6. How to install Moodle on Ubuntu 18.04 14367 12. HOW TO INSTALL GNOME SHELL EXTENSIONS IN LINUX 14984 4. Installing packages from source in Arch Linux 15722 7. How to restrict SSH access only to specific IPs 15754 21. How to Install a Desktop and VNC on Ubuntu 16.04 15834 14. How to configure a static IP on Linux 16252 7. 11 Ways to free up disk space on cPanel servers 17013 9. Install packages in Arch Linux from AUR 18210 16. Wireshark will begin capturing packets sent to and from your PC.Īnd this concludes our topic on how you can install WireShark on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. To start capturing packets, click the WireShark icon on the top left corner as shown:įor simulation, you can open your browser and start browsing a few websites. So I will uncheck all the other interfaces and leave the wireless option intact. In this guide, I’m going to use the wireless interface wlxc4e9840c3fce. To view them, click on the ‘All interfaces’ button a shown There are various types of interfaces that can be used for capturing data packets namely: You can launch Wireshark from the terminal by running the command: $ wiresharkĪlso, you can launch Wireshark from using the Application manager as shownĪfter launching Wireshark, all the interfaces that will be used for capturing packets will be listed as shown: To do so, run the command: $ sudo usermod -aG wireshark $ ( whoami )įinally, reboot the system. If you selected the ‘Yes’ option in the pop-up screen, you need to add the regular non-root user to the WireShark group. Thereafter, the Wireshark installation will be completed. In the pop-up, select ‘ Yes‘ and hit ENTER.
However, you can include a regular user to have the ability to run and capture packets of data using Wireshark. By default, Wireshark is set to be run by the root user. Thereafter, a pop-up screen will be displayed as shown. This will install Wireshark alongside other dependencies. This can be achieved by running the command: $ sudo apt updateĪfter the system packages have been updated, install Wireshark on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS by running the command: $ sudo apt install wireshark To install the network protocol analyzer, it’s always a good idea to first update the system.
In this topic, we examine how you can install Wireshark on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Wireshark is a free and open-source network protocol analyzer used mostly by network engineers and cybersecurity experts to analyze packets of data.