How To Install masscan on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install masscan on AlmaLinux 8.
What is masscan
This is an Internet-scale port scanner. It can scan the entire Internet in under 6 minutes, transmitting 10 million packets per second, from a single machine. It is a faster port scan that produces results similar to nmap, the most famous port scanner. Internally, it operates more like scanrand, unicornscan, and ZMap, using asynchronous transmission.
We can use yum or dnf to install masscan on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install masscan.
Install masscan on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install masscan using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install masscan
Install masscan on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install masscan using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install masscan
How To Uninstall masscan on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the masscan package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove masscan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install masscan on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
