How To Install guessnet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guessnet on Debian 9.
What is guessnet
guessnet is:
Guessnet is a non-aggressive network detection tool to use when moving a machine among networks which don’t necessarily provide DHCP.
Guessnet takes in input a list of candidate network profiles, each of which includes a test description; then it runs all the tests in parallel and prints the name of the profile whose test was the first one to succeed.
Available tests are:
- ARP probes to check for known hosts in the network
- link beat check, to check if the interface is connected to anything
- PPPOE check to see if there is a concentrator accessible via PPPOE
- Checks provided by custom arbitrary scripts.
Guessnet can be used in either native mode or “ifupdown mode”. In the latter case guessnet integrates nicely with ifupdown as a “mapping script”.
There are three methods to install guessnet on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guessnet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guessnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guessnet
Install guessnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guessnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guessnet
Install guessnet 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 guessnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guessnet
How To Uninstall guessnet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the guessnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guessnet
Uninstall guessnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guessnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guessnet
Remove guessnet Configurations and Data
To remove guessnet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guessnet
Remove guessnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guessnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guessnet
Dependencies
guessnet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guessnet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.