How To Install scanssh on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scanssh
on Debian 10.
What is scanssh
scanssh is:
The ScanSSH protocol scanner scans a list of addresses and networks for running SSH protocol servers and their version numbers. Version 2.0 adds support for scanning arbitrary ports and specifically open proxies. The ScanSSH protocol scanner supports random selection of IP addresses from large network ranges and is useful for gathering statistics on the deployment of SSH protocol servers in a company or the Internet as whole.
There are three methods to install scanssh
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scanssh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scanssh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scanssh
Install scanssh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scanssh
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scanssh
Install scanssh 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 scanssh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scanssh
How To Uninstall scanssh on Debian 10
To uninstall only the scanssh
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scanssh
Uninstall scanssh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scanssh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scanssh
Remove scanssh Configurations and Data
To remove scanssh
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scanssh
Remove scanssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scanssh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scanssh
Dependencies
scanssh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scanssh
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.