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title: Install tcpdump on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of tcpdump for on Pop!_OS - Command-line network
  traffic analyzer
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/tcpdump/pop
---

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# Install tcpdump on **Pop!\_OS**

# tcpdump

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/tcpdump/pop#install)

#### Command-line network traffic analyzer

This program allows you to dump the traffic on a network. tcpdump is able to
examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP,
IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other packet types.

It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network interface,
filter packets that match a certain expression. You can use this tool to track
down network problems, to detect attacks or to monitor network activities.

This snap is not maintained by <https://www.tcpdump.org/> and instead packages
the deb of tcpdump from the Ubuntu archive as a snap. Please see the developer
website (below) for details.

**Usage**

```
 $ sudo tcpdump
```

tcpdump will drop privileges to the snap\_daemon user and group by default. To write out captures, the /var/snap/tcpdump/common/captures directory is created with snap\_daemon ownership. Eg:

```
 $ sudo tcpdump -w /var/snap/tcpdump/common/captures/my.pcap
```

If you prefer, you may use '-Z root' to prevent dropping privileges and then write out anywhere in the snap's writable areas.

If want to save pcap files to $HOME or /media, optionally:

```
 $ sudo snap connect tcpdump:home
 $ sudo snap connect tcpdump:removable-media
```

In these cases, you will need to create a directory that snap\_daemon can write to. Eg:

```
 $ mkdir -m 770 $HOME/captures
 $ sudo chown root:snap-daemon $HOME/captures
 $ sudo tcpdump -w $HOME/captures/my.pcap
```

**Integration with other snaps**

This snap exports the /var/snap/tcpdump/common/captures as a writable area via the content interface. Other snaps may specify in their snap.yaml:

```
 plugs:
   captures:
     interface: content
     target: $SNAP_DATA/tcpdump-captures
```

Then when install that snap:

```
 $ sudo snap connect <yoursnap>:captures tcpdump:captures
```

### Package name

* tcpdump

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### License

* BSD-3-Clause

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### Last updated

* 19 February 2024 - latest/stable
* 18 February 2024 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap](https://github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap "https://github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap")

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### Contact

* [github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap/issues](https://github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap/issues "https://github.com/jdstrand/tcpdump-snap/issues")

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install tcpdump

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install tcpdump

To install tcpdump, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install tcpdump
```

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