Friday, 11 March 2016

How to downgrade libpcap

How to downgrade libpcap




here are few steps for downgrading libpcap libpcap0.8_1.5.3-2 to 1.4.0-2


1. 
   Open ubuntu software center
   in top right corner search "libpcap"
   it will show you like image below
   click on Development library and header files for libpcap0.8 and then
   click on remove


2. Also remove System interface for user-level packet capture(see image below)



3. Download ibpcap0.8_1.4.0-2 from herehere

4. Place it on any directory and change directory in terminal.
        (for example you place in download directory then change directory
          by typing this  "cd ~/Downloads")

5. Install it by following command

“sudo dpkg -i libpcap0.8_1.4.0-2_amd64.deb” 







Comment if any issue arise.

 



    





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  1. Unknown27 May 2017 at 09:24

    dpkg: warning: downgrading libpcap0.8:amd64 from 1.7.4-2 to 1.4.0-2
    (Reading database ... 468417 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack libpcap0.8_1.4.0-2_amd64.deb ...
    Unpacking libpcap0.8:amd64 (1.4.0-2) over (1.7.4-2) ...
    dpkg: error processing archive libpcap0.8_1.4.0-2_amd64.deb (--install):
    trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libpcap0.8/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libpcap0.8:amd64
    Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
    /sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/local/cuda/lib64/libcudnn.so.5 is not a symbolic link

    /sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/nvidia-375/libEGL.so.1 is not a symbolic link

    /sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib32/nvidia-375/libEGL.so.1 is not a symbolic link

    Errors were encountered while processing:
    libpcap0.8_1.4.0-2_amd64.deb

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