Not able to install arpspoof

Question

I am practicing Arp Spoofing on Ubuntu. I want to install it but when I run the following command, I get an error:

$ sudo apt-get install arpspoof

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package arpspoof

Answer 1

There is no package called arpspoof. To use the arpspoof command, you have to install the dsniff package. You can install it like this:

$ sudo apt install dsniff ​

Now, you can run the arspoof  command.

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Comments

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!

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it worked thanks!!

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obrigado

by Brazil

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Glad it helped :)

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omg !!!!!!!! thanks a lot bro thank you so much !!!!!!!

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I have same problem thanks it is working.

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Hi @Rahul, please upvote the answer if it has helped you.

Thanks!

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Thanks bro...it worked...thanks again

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Thank you very much

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for me its not working:

E: packet dsniff can not be found

please help

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What's your ubuntu version though? coz old versions could have reached its end of life and its repository may have been removed.

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aslo me not working

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Check your ubuntu version. It might be coz of compatibility issues.

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This solution doesn't seem to work anymore.  Has dsniff been removed?   Used to be included in Kali image, but is no longer, and installation attempts fail to find the package

kali@kali:~$ sudo apt-get install dsniff
[sudo] password for kali:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package dsniff
kali@kali:~$

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Hi,

I think you didn't enable the repositories. Every software comes from some repository. So check which repository you are missing.

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Hi
Dont use '-get'
Just use' sudo apt install dsniff'

Answer 2

Fixing 'Unable to locate package error' on Ubuntu

1. Check the package name (no, seriously) This should be the first thing to check. ...
2. Update the repository cache. ...
3. Check if package is available for your Ubuntu version. ...
4. Check if you are using an active Ubuntu release.

Answer 3

I found out that arpspoof is a tool from the dsniff package. As long as you install it, then the arpspoof is ready to be used.

The tool used here is called arpspoof and is distributed in the dsniff package.