mergecap command not found

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

Introduction

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

mergecap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mergecap: command not found

In Ubuntu mergecap is provided by wireshark-common package.

wireshark-common 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 files common to both wireshark and tshark (the console version).

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

sudo apt-get -y install wireshark-common

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

You can also use apt command to install wireshark-common.

sudo apt -y install wireshark-common

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

sudo aptitude install wireshark-common

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