Wireshark is an essential tool for network analysis, and staying up to date with the latest releases ensures access to new features, security updates, and bug fixes. While Ubuntu’s official repositories provide stable versions, they are often not the most recent.
Wearing both WiresharkCore Developer and Debian/Ubuntu package maintainer hats, I’m happy to help the Wireshark team in providing updated packages for all supported Ubuntu versions through dedicated PPAs. This post outlines how you can install the latest stable and nightly Wireshark builds on Ubuntu.
Latest Stable Releases
For users who want the most up-to-date stable Wireshark version, we maintain a PPA with backports of the latest releases:
Stable Wireshark PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~wireshark-dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Installation Instructions
To install the latest stable Wireshark version, add the PPA and update your package list:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
sudo apt install wireshark
Nightly Builds (Development Versions)
For those who want to test new features before they are officially released, nightly builds are also available. These builds track the latest development code and you can watch them cooking on their Launchpad recipe page.
Nightly PPA:
https://code.launchpad.net/~wireshark-dev/+archive/ubuntu/nightly
Installation Instructions
To install the latest development version of Wireshark, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/nightly
sudo apt install wireshark
Note: Nightly builds may contain experimental features and are not guaranteed to be as stable as the official releases. Also it targets only Ubuntu 24.04 and later including the current development release.
If you need to revert to the stable version later, remove the nightly PPA and reinstall Wireshark:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:wireshark-dev/nightly
sudo apt install wireshark
Happy sniffing! 🙂
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