How to install Angry IP scanner 3.3.3 on Linux mint 18.3

To install Angry IP scanner &ndash 3.3.3 on Linux Mint &ndash 18.3

Angry IP Scanner is an open-source, lightweight, cross-platform network scanner allowing the users to easily scan IP addresses and ports. The software pings all the available IP addresses in the network and resolves its hostname determines the MAC addresses and scans ports. Also, it provides NetBIOS information: computer name, workgroup name, favorite IP address ranges and is capable to export the output as CSV, TXT, XML or IP-Port list files. The Angry IP Scanner functionality can also be extended via third party plugins and add-ons. It is really simple to install Angry IP Scanner on Ubuntu 16.04, and by the end of this tutorial, you will get accustomed to the installation process of Angry IP Scanner on Linux Mint 18.3.

Installing Angry IP scanner

First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB]                      
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                        
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                              
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner amd64 Packages [3,128 B]         
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner i386 Packages [3,116 B]                                 
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]                 
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release [24.2 kB]            
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
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Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,084 B]                        
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,060 B]                         
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,812 B]                        
Get:30 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages [288 kB]                          
Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [122 kB]                         
Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,208 B]                      
Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,376 B]                       
Fetched 5,509 kB in 13s (409 kB/s)                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done

Once it is done, you shall download the package by making use of the following command.

linuxhelp user # wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
--2018-03-24 15:43:55--  http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 52.74.223.119, 13.250.177.223, 13.229.188.59
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|52.74.223.119|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb [following]
--2018-03-24 15:43:55--  https://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|52.74.223.119|:443... connected.
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Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.22.43|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1596792 (1.5M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb’ 
ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb       100%[=============================================> ]   1.52M   446KB/s    in 3.5s    
2018-03-24 15:44:00 (446 KB/s) - ‘ ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb’  saved [1596792/1596792]

You shall now install the application by making use of the following command.

linuxhelp user # gdebi ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Requires the installation of the following packages: ca-certificates-java openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jre-headless 

Angry IP Scanner - fast and friendly IP Scanner
 Angry IP Scanner is a cross-platform network scanner written in Java.
 It can scan IP-based networks in any range, scan ports, and resolve
 other information.
 The program provides an easy to use GUI interface and is very extensible,
 see http://angryip.org/ for more information.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
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Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20170717~16.04.1) ...
Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs...
0 added, 0 removed  done.
Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d...

done.
done.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ipscan.
(Reading database ... 219885 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ipscan (3.3.3-1) ...
Setting up ipscan (3.3.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) &hellip 

You shall now launch the application from your search field Linux Mint search field and type Angry IP scanner.


The application is now getting started.


The Angry IP scanner now appears on your screen.

You can now check the version of the application.

With this, the method to install Angry IP scanner 3.3.3 on Linux Mint 18.3 comes to an end.

FAQ
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Wanna I know about the Plugins of Angry IP scanner?
A
Go throw the link as follow "https://angryip.org/contribute/plugins"
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How to export the scanned results in Angry IP Scanner?
A
To export and save the results of your scan, simply click Scan -> Export All. This is incredibly useful when you need to analyze large amounts of data.
Q
what are the supported platform for Angry IP scanner?
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Here it will be the supported platform as Windows, Linux, and mac OS
Q
what is TTL column in scanning results of angry ip scanner ?
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Initial value was 128
Scanned host is a Windows box
The host is 9 routers away from you
Q
is there any alternative of angry ip scanner?
A
The alternatives are below here,
Nmap
Fing
Zenmap