How to Install and Uninstall netdiscover Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "netdiscover" package

Please follow the guidance below to install netdiscover on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install netdiscover

2. Uninstall "netdiscover" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall netdiscover on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove netdiscover $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the netdiscover package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: netdiscover
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1882
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3beta7~pre-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netdiscover/netdiscover_0.3beta7~pre-2_amd64.deb
Size: 323670
MD5sum: db878a919178070a8348103adc6956a7
SHA1: a72706b60337c6da1d18806c24a6e6019d8e259c
SHA256: 40e00ecda7904a2024c01ddec1cae5b0e8d1022cf172b863446383cac20a477e
Description-en: active/passive network address scanner using ARP requests
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.
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Built on top of libnet and libpcap, it can passively detect online
hosts, or search for them, by actively sending ARP requests.
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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.
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Netdiscover uses the OUI table to show the vendor of the each MAC
address discovered.
Description-md5: 4ba99bfb02c34e1e5a8ebba1907478dd
Homepage: http://nixgeneration.com/~jaime/netdiscover
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu