How To Install arp-scan on CentOS 8

arp-scan is Scanning and fingerprinting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arp-scan on CentOS 8.

What is arp-scan

arp-scan is a command-line tool that uses the ARP protocol to discover and fingerprint IP hosts on the local network.

We can use yum or dnf to install arp-scan on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install arp-scan.

Install arp-scan on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install arp-scan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install arp-scan

Install arp-scan on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install arp-scan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install arp-scan

How To Uninstall arp-scan on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the arp-scan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove arp-scan

arp-scan Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/c4b74f3d259d9d0a2ce8e1db20be82f4412621
/usr/sbin/arp-fingerprint
/usr/sbin/arp-scan
/usr/sbin/get-iab
/usr/sbin/get-oui
/usr/share/arp-scan
/usr/share/arp-scan/ieee-iab.txt
/usr/share/arp-scan/ieee-oui.txt
/usr/share/arp-scan/mac-vendor.txt
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan/README
/usr/share/doc/arp-scan/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/arp-fingerprint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arp-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/get-iab.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/get-oui.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mac-vendor.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arp-scan on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.