How To Install arp-scan on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install arp-scan on Rocky Linux 8. arp-scan is Scanning and fingerprinting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arp-scan on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove arp-scan

arp-scan Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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

arp-scan website

Summary

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