How To Install nmap on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmap
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nmap
nmap is:
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques, version detection (determine service protocols and application versions listening behind ports), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.
There are three methods to install nmap
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nmap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nmap
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nmap
Install nmap Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nmap
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nmap
Install nmap Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nmap
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nmap
How To Uninstall nmap on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nmap
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nmap
Uninstall nmap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nmap
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nmap
Remove nmap Configurations and Data
To remove nmap
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nmap
Remove nmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nmap
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nmap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmap
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.