How to Install and Uninstall nmap Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "nmap" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nmap on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nmap on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nmap
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nmap package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nmap
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.60-1ubuntu5
Priority: extra
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23415
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), liblinear3 (>= 2.01+dfsg), liblua5.3-0, libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libpcre3, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
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Filename: pool/main/n/nmap/nmap_7.60-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 5173776
MD5sum: 54018e5fcc379cbdb351294cdc5cb7c3
SHA1: a38d8ee8bc3bf8e678896a8e3de3cffc41648d71
SHA256: 1a49960d5ea2b4b35087366f7220d6f64fdd6b97509f1c3e149cff4380e1dd56
Homepage: http://nmap.org/
Description: The Network Mapper
Description-md5: bc417f4c1fdba7d8d9b0ca8a2a90b7a8
Supported: 5y