Wireshark an open-source protocol analyzer software mainly used to monitor the traffic in a network, analysis, and development, Recent...
Wireshark got its new interface in the version 2.0 series and it is written in QT5.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the latest version of Wireshark 2.4.1 on Ubuntu 17.04 / 16.04 and LinuxMint 18.x
Changelog in Wireshark 2.4.1
This release has no new features and no new protocols
For detailed changelog refer this link
Method 2: Via source code
Updated Protocol Support:
BGP, BT LE, DIS, DNS, E.212, EPL, GTP, GTPv2, IEEE 802.11, InfiniBand, IPv4, IrCOMM, MKA, Modbus, MPEG Descriptor, MRCPv2, MSDP, MTP2, Nordic BLE, NVMe, OSPF, pcapng MIME, PMIPv6, Profinet I/O, RADIUS, SML, TCAP, TRANSUM, UA3G, UDP, VNC, and ZigBeeInstallation Instructions
Method 1: Via PPAMethod 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 2.4.1
sudo apt-get install wiresharkDuring the installation, it will require confirming 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://2.na.dl.wireshark.org/src/wireshark-2.4.1.tar.xz
tar -xvf wireshark-2.4.1.tar.bz2Step 3: Configure the source
./configureStep 4: Compile the Wireshark
make && make install
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