Wireshark an open-source Network Protocol analyzer application and the most widely used application across the world.
This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install Wireshark 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 18.04, and LinuxMint 20.1
Wireshark Features
- Live capture and offline analysis
- Supports Multiple Operating systems
- Rich VOIP Analysis
- Standard three-pane packet browser
- Hundreds of protocols
- Powerful Display
- Capture files compressed with Gzip and decompressed on the fly
- Read live data
- Export output to multiple formats
What’s new in Wireshark 3.4.3?
For a detailed changelog refer to this link
How to Install Wireshark 3.4.3 on Ubuntu / LinuxMint?
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Add the official PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
Step 2: Update the repository and install wireshark 3.4.3
sudo apt update && sudo apt install wireshark
During the installation, a popup will ask to allow 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 by using the below command
sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
sudo usermod -aG wireshark $(whoami)
Method 2: Via Flatpak
Step 1: Setup Flatpak on your system using this guide or ignore it if Flatpak installed already
Step 2: Install Wireshark using Flatpak
flatpak install flathub org.wireshark.Wireshark
Step 3: Run Wireshark
flatpak run org.wireshark.Wireshark
