How To Install randmac on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac on Kali Linux.

What is randmac

randmac is:

randmac prints a random MAC address. This utility has been designed to give random MAC addresses to interfaces of virtual machines (e.g. qemu/kvm)

There are three methods to install randmac on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install randmac Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install randmac

Install randmac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install randmac

Install randmac Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install randmac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install randmac

How To Uninstall randmac on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the randmac package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove randmac

Uninstall randmac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall randmac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove randmac

Remove randmac Configurations and Data

To remove randmac configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge randmac

Remove randmac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove randmac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge randmac

Dependencies

randmac have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• randmac website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.