How To Install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7.
What is nmap-ncat
Ncat is a feature packed networking utility which will read and write data across a network from the command line. It uses both TCP and UDP for communication and is designed to be a reliable back-end tool to instantly provide network connectivity to other applications and users. Ncat will not only work with IPv4 and IPv6 but provides the user with a virtually limitless number of potential uses. Requires(post) Requires(postun)
We can use yum or dnf to install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nmap-ncat.
Install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nmap-ncat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nmap-ncat
Install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7 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 nmap-ncat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nmap-ncat
How To Uninstall nmap-ncat on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nmap-ncat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nmap-ncat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmap-ncat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
