How To Install python-nmap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nmap
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-nmap
python-nmap is:
It helps manipulating nmap scan results and can be useful to systems administrators to automate scanning task and reports. It also supports nmap script outputs.
There are three methods to install python-nmap
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-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 python-nmap
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nmap
Install python-nmap Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nmap
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nmap
Install python-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 python-nmap
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nmap
How To Uninstall python-nmap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-nmap
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nmap
Uninstall python-nmap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nmap
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nmap
Remove python-nmap Configurations and Data
To remove python-nmap
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nmap
Remove python-nmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nmap
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nmap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nmap
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.