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tcpdump


Information about the package, tcpdump, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcpdump package is designed for, A network traffic monitoring tool.


Package Name:

tcpdump

Summary:

A network traffic monitoring tool

Description:

Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. Tcpdump can capture and display the packet headers on a particular network interface or on all interfaces. Tcpdump can display all of the packet headers, or just the ones that match particular criteria. Install tcpdump if you need a program to monitor network traffic.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.0.0

Release:

11.20090921gitdf3cb4.2.el6

Size:

339 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD with advertising



Handy Yum Commands for tcpdump


Control the tcpdump package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install tcpdump

This command will install tcpdump on the server.

yum remove tcpdump

This command will un-install tcpdump on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcpdump, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove tcpdump

This command will un-install tcpdump on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcpdump when using the -y flag.

yum update tcpdump

This command will update tcpdump to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcpdump, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update tcpdump

This command will update tcpdump to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcpdump when using the -y flag.

yum info tcpdump

This command will show you core information about the tcpdump package.

yum deplist tcpdump

This command will show you the dependencies for tcpdump. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update tcpdump

This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcpdump. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.