How To Install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8. ike-scan is IKE protocol tool to discover, fingerprint and test IPsec VPN servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ike-scan

ike-scan is a command-line tool that uses the IKE protocol to discover, fingerprint and test IPsec VPN servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ike-scan.

Install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ike-scan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ike-scan

Install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ike-scan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ike-scan

How To Uninstall ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ike-scan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ike-scan

ike-scan Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ike-scan
/usr/bin/psk-crack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/ae4644a61a72843a54234c1ec849d30d410d9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/108f0118eb8236ab3a44180b0d2a55eca362b6
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/README
/usr/share/doc/ike-scan/TODO
/usr/share/ike-scan
/usr/share/ike-scan/ike-backoff-patterns
/usr/share/ike-scan/ike-vendor-ids
/usr/share/ike-scan/psk-crack-dictionary
/usr/share/licenses/ike-scan
/usr/share/licenses/ike-scan/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ike-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psk-crack.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ike-scan on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.