How to install Angry IP Scanner on ubuntu 16.04

To install Angry IP Scanner on Ubuntu 16.04

Angry IP Scanner (ipscan) 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 Ubuntu 16.04.

Installing Angry IP Scanner

Since the installation of Angry IP scanner requires the prior installation of gdebi, you can use the following command to add gdebi and all its packages to your system by running the following command.

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-dejavu javascript-common libargon2-0 libc-client2007e libjs-excanvas
librecode0 libsodium18 libtidy5 mercurial mercurial-common mlock
php-cli-prompt php-composer-semver php-composer-spdx-licenses php-font-lib
php-htmlpurifier php-symfony-console php-symfony-filesystem
php-symfony-finder php-symfony-process sdop ttf-dejavu-core
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme libcairo-perl libgksu2-0 libglib-perl
libgtk2-perl libpango-perl
Suggested packages:

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Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ...
Setting up gksu (2.0.2-9ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Once it is done, you shall download the Angry IP scanner by making use of the wget command as follows.

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
--2017-11-17 06:36:46-- http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.112, 192.30.255.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.112|: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]
--2017-11-17 06:36:47-- https://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
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Length: 1596792 (1.5M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb’ 

ipscan_3.3.3_amd64. 100%[===================> ] 1.52M 15.3KB/s in 91s

2017-11-17 06:38:21 (17.1 KB/s) - ‘ ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb’  saved [1596792/1596792]

You shall proceed with the installation process by simply running the following command which triggers the installation.

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# 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: libgif7 openjdk-8-jre

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 gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
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The installation is complete. You can launch the application straight from your Ubuntu dashboard. In the search field, you can type the application name and when the icon appears, you shall click on it to launch it.

The application is now open. You can give the IP range and click start.

The results are now displayed on the screen.

With this, the installation of Angry IP Scanner comes to an end.