Wireshark released a new update to the 2.2 series and no new features added to this release, only bugs were fixed. Wireshark an ...
Wireshark released a new update to the 2.2 series and no new features added to this release, only bugs were fixed.
Wireshark an open source protocol analyzer software mainly used to monitor the traffic in a network, recently version 2.2.7 released and easy to install it via Official PPA.
Wireshark got its new interface in the version 2.0 series and it is written in QT5.
What's new in Wireshark 2.2.7?
For detailed changelog refer this linkUpdated Protocol Support:
Bazaar, BT ATT, BT L2CAP, DHCP, DICOM, DNP3, DNS, DOF, DWARF, ICMP, IEEE 802.11, IPv6, ISUP, LTE RRC, MSNIP, Netflow, Netsync, openSAFETY, OSITP, QUAKEWORLD, Radiotap, RGMP, ROS, RTCP, SIGCOMP, SMB, SoulSeek, and XOTSo how to install it?
- Method 1: Via PPA
- Method 2: Via source code
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Add the official PPAsudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stableStep 2: update the repository
sudo apt-get updateStep 3: Install Wireshark 2.2.7
sudo apt-get install wiresharkDuring the installation, it will require to confirm security about allowing non-superuser to execute Wireshark. Just confirm YES if you want to. If you check on NO, you must run Wireshark with sudo. Later, if you want to change this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
Method 2: Via source code
Step 1: Before proceeding for installation, install the dependenciesapt-get install libssl-dev libpcap-devStep 2: Download the source file from their download page or use the below command and extract it
wget https://1.na.dl.wireshark.org/src/wireshark-2.2.7.tar.bz2
tar -xvf wireshark-2.2.7.tar.bz2Step 3: Configure the source
./configureStep 4: Compile the Wireshark
make && make install
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