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Install Wireshark on Linux Mint 21

Prereqs

  • a PC (BIOS/UEFI) running Linux Mint 21

Update package list

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sudo apt update

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guru@lab:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for guru:     
Ign:1 https://linuxmint-packages.mirror.liteserver.nl victoria InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease                     
Hit:3 https://linuxmint-packages.mirror.liteserver.nl victoria Release     
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
guru@lab:~$

Install Wireshark

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sudo apt install wireshark -y

Let's allow non-superusers to capture packets.

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guru@lab:~$ sudo apt install wireshark -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libbcg729-0 libminizip1 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5printsupport5 libsmi2ldbl libwireshark-data libwireshark15 libwiretap12 libwsutil13 wireshark-common
wireshark-qt
Suggested packages:
snmp-mibs-downloader geoipupdate geoip-database-extra libjs-leaflet libjs-leaflet.markercluster wireshark-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libbcg729-0 libminizip1 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5printsupport5 libsmi2ldbl libwireshark-data libwireshark15 libwiretap12 libwsutil13 wireshark
wireshark-common wireshark-qt
0 upgraded, 15 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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guru@lab:~$

Fix stuff

When you start Wireshark, no interfaces are listed (bug?)

Let's add the user "guru" to the existing group "wireshark".

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sudo usermod -a -G wireshark guru

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guru@lab:~$ sudo usermod -a -G wireshark guru
[sudo] password for guru:     
guru@lab:~$

Log off and log in. Start Wireshark. The network card(s) should be listed now.