How To Install ipcalc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ipcalc

ipcalc is:

ipcalc takes an IPv4 address and netmask and calculates the resulting broadcast, network, Cisco wildcard mask, and host range. By giving a second netmask, you can design sub- and supernetworks. It is also intended to be a teaching tool and presents the results as easy-to-understand binary values.

Originally, ipcalc was intended for use from the shell prompt, but a CGI wrapper is provided to enable colorful HTML display through a webserver. You can find it in /usr/share/doc/ipcalc/examples directory.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipcalc

Install ipcalc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ipcalc

Install ipcalc 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 ipcalc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ipcalc

How To Uninstall ipcalc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ipcalc

Uninstall ipcalc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipcalc

Remove ipcalc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ipcalc

Remove ipcalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipcalc

Dependencies

ipcalc have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• ipcalc website

Summary

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