How To Install nbtscan on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbtscan on CentOS 8.
What is nbtscan
NBTscan is a program for scanning IP networks for NetBIOS name information. It sends a NetBIOS status query to each address in supplied range and lists received information in human readable form.
We can use yum or dnf to install nbtscan on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbtscan.
Install nbtscan on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nbtscan using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nbtscan
Install nbtscan on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nbtscan using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nbtscan
How To Uninstall nbtscan on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nbtscan package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nbtscan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbtscan on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.