How to Install Wireshark on OpenSUSE Latest?

Wireshark is a powerful and popular network protocol analyzer which is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, and communication protocol development. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install Wireshark on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning with the installation, make sure that:

• You have administrative access to the system.
• You have a stable internet connection.

Installing Wireshark on OpenSUSE Latest

Follow the steps below to install Wireshark on OpenSUSE Latest.

1. Update the system

Before installing any package, it is always a good practice to update the system to the latest version. To do so, run the following command:

sudo zypper update

2. Add Wireshark Repository

By default, the OpenSUSE repository does not contain the Wireshark package. Therefore, we need to add Wireshark repository to our system.

To add the Wireshark repository, use the following command:

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/utilities/openSUSE_Leap_15.X/network:utilities.repo

Note: Replace "15.X" with your actual version of OpenSUSE.

3. Import the repository key

Next, we need to import the Wireshark repository key to verify the authenticity of the package.

To import the repository key, use the following command:

sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh network:utilities

4. Install Wireshark

We are now ready to install Wireshark. To do so, run the following command:

sudo zypper install wireshark

5. Launch Wireshark

Once the installation is complete, you can launch Wireshark by typing the following command in the terminal:

wireshark

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Wireshark on OpenSUSE Latest. Now you can use Wireshark to analyze and troubleshoot your network protocols.