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.

Launch wireshark commandline