How to install Wireshark in Termux Android. (Without root) 



                           DISCLAIMER

This Tutorial is made for educational purpose only. 

Install Wireshark.

First, we need to update our repository by typing the following command in the Termux.

-apt update && apt upgrade -y

Now type the following command in the Termux and press Enter.

-pkg install x11-repo

wait until the process to be finished.

Now we need to install Wireshark by typing the following command

-apt install wireshark-gtk

Install Required Tools

Wireshark has a Graphical User Interface (GUI), while we can run only the Command-line interface tool in Termux. In order to run Wireshark on Termux, we need to install some tools that will help us to run Wireshark on Termux.

Follow below commands:

-pkg install xterm

-apt install tigervnc

-apt install tigervnc-viewer

Now we have to configure Tigervnc in order to configure Tigervnc run command vncserver and press enter.

If it is your first time you are running this command then it will ask you to enter the VNC password. You can enter any password you want. But you must remember the password that you type.

In order for the GUI application to use display, you must set the environment variable with the command export DISPLAY=":1". 

now the final step, we need to install a VNC viewer remote desktop application for android. VNC viewer will help us to run Wireshark in GUI mode. You can simply install the VNC viewer from Google Playstore.

After successfully installing the VNC viewer. Open the VNC viewer application on your android device.

After opening the application click on + sign. You will see something like this in the below image:
 

Normally VNC server listens at the localhost i.e 127.0.0.1 and 5901 port.

On Address field add: 127.0.0.1:5901

And on the name field, you can add anything you like for example Termux, Desktop, Wireshark etc.

And then click create. After this, you will be promoted to add the password. Now type the password that you have typed at the time of configuring the VNC server.

Now you are successfully connected. You will see the terminal in the VNC viewer simply type the following command in VNC viewer order to run Wireshark:

-wireshark-gtk

Hence we have successfully installed and run Wireshark on Termux without any kind of error.

To run the Wireshark again simply open Termux and type the following command to run the VNC server.


-VNCSERVER

Then type the following command:

export DISPLAY=":1"

Then go to your Android menu and open VNC viewer android application and click on your machine. Type the password and click on continue. In VNC terminal type following command:


-wireshark-gtk


Enjoy Wireshark on your Termux.

Thanks for reading.