How To Install subnetcalc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is subnetcalc

subnetcalc is:

SubNetCalc is an IPv4/IPv6 subnet address calculator. For given IPv4 or IPv6 address and netmask or prefix length, it calculates network address, broadcast address, maximum number of hosts and host address range. The output is colourized for better readability (e.g. network part, host part). Also, it prints the addresses in binary format for better understandability. Furthermore, it can identify the address type (e.g. multicast, unique local, site local, etc.) and extract additional information from the address (e.g. type, scope, interface ID, etc.). Finally, it can generate IPv6 unique local prefixes.

There are three methods to install subnetcalc 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 subnetcalc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install subnetcalc

Install subnetcalc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install subnetcalc

Install subnetcalc 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 subnetcalc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install subnetcalc

How To Uninstall subnetcalc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove subnetcalc

Uninstall subnetcalc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove subnetcalc

Remove subnetcalc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge subnetcalc

Remove subnetcalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subnetcalc

Dependencies

subnetcalc have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgeoip1
• libstdc++6

References

• subnetcalc website

Summary

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