How to Install Wireshark in RedHat Linux

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These are the basic 3 steps to install wireshark software in RedHat Linux. One of the basic use of wireshark software is we can monitor the port packet transfer to verify the encryption etc. 

Note: you will have to enable the xwindows (xming) in your server to pop up the wireshark software. 

Steps: 

• yum install wireshark 

• yum install wireshark-gnome 

• yum install liberation-sans-fonts Execution Steps

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[root@Node1 ~]# yum install wireshark
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-
              : manager
Repodata is over 2 weeks old. Install yum-cron? Or run: yum makecache fast
rhel-7-server-optional-rpms                              | 1.8 kB     00:00
rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms                             | 2.1 kB     00:00
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Dependencies Resolved

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 Package        Arch        Version               Repository               Size
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Installing:
 wireshark      x86_64      1.10.14-7.el7         rhel-7-server-rpms       13 M
Installing for dependencies:
 c-ares         x86_64      1.10.0-3.el7          rhel-7-server-rpms       78 k
 libsmi         x86_64      0.4.8-13.el7          rhel-7-server-rpms      2.3 M

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package (+2 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 15 M
Installed size: 83 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/3): c-ares-1.10.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm                      |  78 kB   00:00
(2/3): libsmi-0.4.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm                      | 2.3 MB   00:00
(3/3): wireshark-1.10.14-7.el7.x86_64.rpm                  |  13 MB   00:00
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Total                                               22 MB/s |  15 MB  00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
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Complete!

[root@Node1 ~]# yum install wireshark-gnome
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-
              : manager
rhel-7-server-optional-rpms                              | 1.8 kB     00:00
rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms                             | 2.1 kB     00:00
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  pango.x86_64 0:1.36.8-2.el7
  pixman.x86_64 0:0.32.6-3.el7

Complete!
[root@Node1 wireshark]# yum install liberation-sans-fonts
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-
              : manager
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Dependency Installed:
  liberation-fonts-common.noarch 1:1.07.2-15.el7

Complete!

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