How To Install smbmap on Debian 12

Learn how to install smbmap on Debian 12 with this tutorial. smbmap is handy SMB enumeration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbmap on Debian 12.

What is smbmap

smbmap is:

SMBMap allows users to enumerate samba share drives across an entire domain. List share drives, drive permissions, share contents, upload/download functionality, file name auto-download pattern matching, and even execute remote commands. This tool was designed with pen testing in mind, and is intended to simplify searching for potentially sensitive data across large networks.

There are three methods to install smbmap on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smbmap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smbmap

Install smbmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smbmap

Install smbmap 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 smbmap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smbmap

How To Uninstall smbmap on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove smbmap

Uninstall smbmap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smbmap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbmap

Remove smbmap Configurations and Data

To remove smbmap configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smbmap

Remove smbmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbmap

Dependencies

smbmap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbmap package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.