How To Install randmac on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac on Debian 11. randmac is generate random MAC addresses

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac on Debian 11.

What is randmac

randmac is:

randmac prints a random MAC address. This utility has been designed to give random MAC addresses to interfaces of virtual machines (e.g. qemu/kvm)

There are three methods to install randmac on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install randmac Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install randmac

Install randmac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install randmac

Install randmac 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install randmac

How To Uninstall randmac on Debian 11

To uninstall only the randmac package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove randmac

Uninstall randmac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall randmac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove randmac

Remove randmac Configurations and Data

To remove randmac configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge randmac

Remove randmac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove randmac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge randmac

Dependencies

randmac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.