How to Install and Uninstall whatmask Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "whatmask" package

Please follow the instructions below to install whatmask on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall whatmask on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                whatmask
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whatmask package on Kali Linux

Package: whatmask
Version: 1.2-0kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 40
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Homepage: http://www.laffeycomputer.com/whatmask.html
Priority: optional
Section: net
Filename: pool/main/w/whatmask/whatmask_1.2-0kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 12156
SHA256: 187987c2e6533ac000c742ca3636d88dc7fa919de39aeec80994e02a06a98ca1
SHA1: 1d142236516dd6af76e54592a1e10dd698cc84e3
MD5sum: 0057dd43c07c501c8caec0d8ec07fd98
Description: helper for network settings
This package contains a small C program that will help you with network
settings.
Whatmask can work in two modes.
The first mode is to invoke Whatmask with only a subnet mask as the argument.
In this mode Whatmask will echo back the subnet mask in four formats, plus the
number of useable addresses in the range.
The second mode is to invoke Whatmask with any ip address within the subnet,
followed by a slash ('/'), followed by the subnet mask in any format. Whatmask
will echo back the following:
- The netmask in the following formats: CIDR, Netmask, Netmask (Hex)
Wildcard Bits
- The Network Address
- The Broadcast Address
- The number of Usable IP Addresses
- The First Usable IP Address
- The Last Usable IP Address
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