How To Install netdiscover on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netdiscover on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is netdiscover
netdiscover is:
Netdiscover is an active/passive address reconnaissance tool, mainly developed for those wireless networks without dhcp server, when you are wardriving. It can be also used on hub/switched networks.
Built on top of libnet and libpcap, it can passively detect online hosts, or search for them, by actively sending ARP requests.
Netdiscover can also be used to inspect your network ARP traffic, or find network addresses using auto scan mode, which will scan for common local networks.
Netdiscover uses the OUI table to show the vendor of the each MAC address discovered and is very useful for security checks or in pentests.
There are three methods to install netdiscover on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netdiscover Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netdiscover using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netdiscover
Install netdiscover Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netdiscover using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netdiscover
Install netdiscover 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install netdiscover using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netdiscover
How To Uninstall netdiscover on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the netdiscover package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netdiscover
Uninstall netdiscover And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netdiscover and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netdiscover
Remove netdiscover Configurations and Data
To remove netdiscover configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netdiscover
Remove netdiscover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netdiscover configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netdiscover
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netdiscover package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
