macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dhcpdumplocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 6219
Install dhcpdump with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix
Monitor DHCP traffic for debugging purposes. Version 2.00 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install dhcpdump.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install dhcpdumpDebian stable package indexes · dhcpdump · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install dhcpdumpFedora Rawhide package metadata · dhcpdump · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dhcpdumpnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dh/dhcpdump/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Monitor DHCP traffic for debugging purposes
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dhcpdump
history
Project history and usage
dhcpdump is a small DHCP packet inspection utility: it decodes captured DHCP traffic into output that is easier to read than raw packet dumps. It occupies the classic Unix niche of a narrow diagnostic command built for administrators debugging a specific protocol.
Project history
The original Mavetju page lists DHCPDUMP 1.8 as a utility to analyze sniffed DHCP packets, and its change log records incremental releases through 1.8. The current official fork describes itself as a fork of dhcpdump 1.8 by Edwin Groothuis that collects bug fixes and improvements accumulated over more than a decade.
Adoption history
dhcpdump stayed relevant because DHCP troubleshooting often needs a readable decode of broadcasts, options, client identifiers, relay-agent data, and pcap captures. The maintained fork adds modern fixes such as VLAN-tagged traffic support, pcap-file reading, and updated option parsing.
How it is used
The original manual documents use on a network interface, optional client-hardware-address filtering, and verbose decoded output of DHCP headers and options. Later releases moved from parsing tcpdump output to using pcap directly.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, dhcpdump is the sort of tiny network utility that survives because it is easier to package and invoke than a full packet-analysis suite. Its value is not breadth, but the convenience of purpose-built DHCP decoding in scripts, support sessions, and server rooms.
Timeline
- 2002: Original man page revision identifies dhcpdump as a DHCP packet dumper.
- 2004: Version 1.8 changes dhcpdump to use pcap instead of tcpdump output.
- 2023: Current GitHub fork is created to collect long-running fixes and improvements.
Related projects
- dhcping is another Mavetju DHCP diagnostic tool.
- tcpdump and libpcap are adjacent packet-capture tools used around dhcpdump workflows.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dhcpdump | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.00
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dhcpdump |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.00 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dhcpdump-org/dhcpdump |
| Repository | https://github.com/dhcpdump-org/dhcpdump |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T08:56:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
dhcpdump 1.9-1+b1
Parse DHCP packets from a network interface
https://github.com/bbonev/dhcpdump
sudo apt install dhcpdump- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: dhcpdump
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dhcpdump
Nix95%
dhcpdump
nix profile install nixpkgs#dhcpdump- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dhcpdump
Ubuntu apt95%
dhcpdump 1.9-1build2
Parse DHCP packets from a network interface
https://github.com/bbonev/dhcpdump
sudo apt install dhcpdump- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dhcpdump
dnf95%
dhcpdump 2.00-1.fc45
Parse DHCP packets
https://github.com/bbonev/dhcpdump
sudo dnf install dhcpdump- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dhcpdump
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dhcpdump
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation