tshark command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix tshark command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

tshark: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tshark: command not found

In Ubuntu tshark is provided by tshark package.

tshark is:

Wireshark is a network “sniffer” - a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list here.

This package provides the console version of wireshark, named “tshark”.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install tshark

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install tshark.

sudo apt -y install tshark

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install tshark

In this tutorial we learn how to fix tshark command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.