how do i install randpkt?

[CCLDArjun]

i tried apt install wireshark, but it only installed wireshark. Iam on Ubuntu 16.04

[guyharris]

This isn't the official Wireshark repository, and it sounds as if you're just installing the standard Ubuntu Wireshark package, so this should be asked first as an Ubuntu issue.

[Shivani1204]

Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
press the right arrow and enter for yes

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dumpcap

Enter this commands and try again

[guyharris]

Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands:

Those commands give dumpcap the privileges necessary to capture on Linux networking devices; they do not affect whether a particular extcap is installed.

I completely uninstalled Wireshark from my Ubuntu 10.04.6 virtual machine; which randpkt reported nothing.

I then did sudo apt-get install wireshark; it installed randpkt in /usr/bin.