How To Install pnscan on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pnscan
on Kali Linux.
What is pnscan
pnscan is:
Pnscan is a multi threaded port scanner that can scan a large network very quickly. If does not have all the features that nmap have but is much faster.
There are three methods to install pnscan
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pnscan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pnscan
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pnscan
Install pnscan Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pnscan
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pnscan
Install pnscan Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pnscan
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pnscan
How To Uninstall pnscan on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pnscan
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pnscan
Uninstall pnscan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pnscan
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pnscan
Remove pnscan Configurations and Data
To remove pnscan
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pnscan
Remove pnscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pnscan
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pnscan
Dependencies
pnscan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pnscan
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.