How To Install masscan on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install masscan on Kali Linux.

What is masscan

masscan is:

MASSCAN is TCP port scanner which transmits SYN packets asynchronously and produces results similar to nmap, the most famous port scanner. Internally, it operates more like scanrand, unicornscan, and ZMap, using asynchronous transmission. It’s a flexible utility that allows arbitrary address and port ranges.

There are three methods to install masscan on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install masscan Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install masscan using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install masscan

Install masscan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install masscan using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install masscan

Install masscan Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install masscan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install masscan

How To Uninstall masscan on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the masscan package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove masscan

Uninstall masscan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall masscan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove masscan

Remove masscan Configurations and Data

To remove masscan configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge masscan

Remove masscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove masscan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge masscan

Dependencies

masscan have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• masscan website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install masscan package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.