How To Install netmask on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netmask
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is netmask
netmask is:
This is a tiny program handy if you work with firewalls or routers occasionally (possibly using this as a helper for shell scripts). It can determine the smallest set of network masks to specify a range of hosts. It can also convert between common IP netmask and address formats.
There are three methods to install netmask
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netmask Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netmask
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netmask
Install netmask Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netmask
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netmask
Install netmask 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install netmask
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netmask
How To Uninstall netmask on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the netmask
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netmask
Uninstall netmask And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netmask
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netmask
Remove netmask Configurations and Data
To remove netmask
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netmask
Remove netmask configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netmask
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netmask
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netmask
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.