How To Install nbtscan on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbtscan
on Debian 9.
What is nbtscan
nbtscan is:
NBTscan is a program for scanning IP networks for NetBIOS name information. It sends NetBIOS status query to each address in supplied range and lists received information in human readable form. For each responded host it lists IP address, NetBIOS computer name, logged-in user name and MAC address (such as Ethernet).
There are three methods to install nbtscan
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nbtscan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nbtscan
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nbtscan
Install nbtscan Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nbtscan
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nbtscan
Install nbtscan 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nbtscan
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nbtscan
How To Uninstall nbtscan on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nbtscan
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nbtscan
Uninstall nbtscan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nbtscan
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbtscan
Remove nbtscan Configurations and Data
To remove nbtscan
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nbtscan
Remove nbtscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nbtscan
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbtscan
Dependencies
nbtscan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbtscan
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.