How To Install libnet-mac-vendor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-mac-vendor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnet-mac-vendor-perl
libnet-mac-vendor-perl is:
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) assigns an Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) to manufacturers of network interfaces. Each interface has a Media Access Control (MAC) address of six bytes. The first three bytes are the OUI.
Net::MAC::Vendor allows you to take a MAC address and turn it into the OUI and vendor information. You can, for instance, scan a network, collect MAC addresses, and turn those addresses into vendors. With vendor information, you can often guess at what you are looking at (e.g. an Apple product).
You can use this as a module as its individual functions, or call it as a script with a list of MAC addresses as arguments. The module can figure it out.
There are three methods to install libnet-mac-vendor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnet-mac-vendor-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnet-mac-vendor-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnet-mac-vendor-perl
Install libnet-mac-vendor-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnet-mac-vendor-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnet-mac-vendor-perl
Install libnet-mac-vendor-perl 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnet-mac-vendor-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnet-mac-vendor-perl
How To Uninstall libnet-mac-vendor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnet-mac-vendor-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnet-mac-vendor-perl
Uninstall libnet-mac-vendor-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnet-mac-vendor-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-mac-vendor-perl
Remove libnet-mac-vendor-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnet-mac-vendor-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-mac-vendor-perl
Remove libnet-mac-vendor-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnet-mac-vendor-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-mac-vendor-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-mac-vendor-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
