Information about the package, nmap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nmap package is designed for, Network exploration tool and security scanner.
Package Name:
nmap
Summary:
Network exploration tool and security scanner
URL:
Description:
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy scanning, determination of TCP sequence predictability characteristics, reverse-identd scanning, and more. In addition to the classic command-line nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (netcat utility ncat), a utility for comparing scan results (ndiff), and a packet generation and response analysis tool (nping).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.51
Release:
6.el6
Size:
2.8 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and BSD
Control the nmap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nmap
This command will install nmap on the server.
yum remove nmap
This command will un-install nmap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nmap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nmap
This command will un-install nmap on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nmap when using the -y flag.
yum update nmap
This command will update nmap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nmap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nmap
This command will update nmap to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nmap when using the -y flag.
yum info nmap
This command will show you core information about the nmap package.
yum deplist nmap
This command will show you the dependencies for nmap. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update nmap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nmap. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.