How To Install shodan on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install shodan on CentOS 8. shodan is CLI tool to access Shodan.io

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shodan on CentOS 8.

What is shodan

Command-line tool to to access Shodan.io.

We can use yum or dnf to install shodan on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shodan.

Install shodan on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install shodan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install shodan

Install shodan on CentOS 8 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 shodan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shodan

How To Uninstall shodan on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove shodan

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shodan on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.