How to install Wireshark

Step 1: Add the stable official PPA. To do this, go to terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable

Step 2: Update the repository:

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install wireshark 2.0:

sudo apt-get install wireshark

Step 4: Run wireshark:

sudo wireshark

If you get a error couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process: Permission Denied. go to the terminal again and run:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common

Say YES to the message box. This adds a wireshark group. Then add user to the group by typing

sudo adduser $USER wireshark

Then restart your machine and open wireshark. It works. Good Luck.

Open terminal and type the commands:

1. sudo apt-get install wireshark
2. sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
3. sudo adduser $USER wireshark
4. wireshark

If you getting wireshark running error, so close it and then just do the following:

5. Go to usr/share/wireshark
6. Open init.lua with a text editor
7. Change disable_lua = false to disable_lua = true

To do this, go to terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and run:

sudo apt install wireshark

Apt should take care of all of the dependency issues for you.

Use the following command to install downloaded Wireshark debs:

dpkg -i wireshark-common_2.0.5.0-1_i386.deb wireshark_wireshark-2.0.5.0-1_i386.deb

dpkg doesn’t take care of all dependencies, but reports what’s missing. You can usually resolve problems by then running

sudo apt install -f