How To Install nbtscan on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbtscan on CentOS 8. nbtscan is Tool to gather NetBIOS info from Windows networks

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.