How to Install and Uninstall nmap Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nmap on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nmap" package

Please follow the guidance below to install nmap on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nmap" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall nmap on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nmap package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nmap
Version: 7.93+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 4434
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: nmap-common (= 7.93+dfsg1-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblinear4 (>= 2.01+dfsg), liblua5.3-0, libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libpcre3, libssh2-1 (>= 1.2.9), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), lua-lpeg (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: ncat, ndiff, zenmap
Description: The Network Mapper
Description-md5: bc417f4c1fdba7d8d9b0ca8a2a90b7a8
Homepage: https://nmap.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, role::program, scope::utility, use::scanning
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nmap/nmap_7.93+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1897372
MD5sum: cb0fc06541558a7153d17e651e89540a
SHA256: 1ac65a0a1038ffa8de7ee13a146c4cbb9dac3180c7faef703f3efb3adad098b2