How to install Angry IP scanner on ubuntu 17.04 

To install Angry IP scanner on Ubuntu 17.04

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 so simple to install Angry IP scanner on Ubuntu 17.04 and this article covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Angry IP scanner

It is essential to install the gdebi package before you get to run the command to install Angry IP scanner. So, make sure you install gdebi as follows.

root@linuxhelp11:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gdebi
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 295 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 169 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gdebi all 0.9.5.7+nmu1 [23.5 kB]
Fetched 23.5 kB in 1s (16.0 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package gdebi.
(Reading database ... 177082 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gdebi_0.9.5.7+nmu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...

You shall now download the angry IP scanner package as follows.

root@linuxhelp11:~#  wget sourceforge.net/projects/ipscan/files/ipscan3-binary/3.3.2/ipscan_3.3.2_amd64.deb
--2017-11-17 13:04:06--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipscan/files/ipscan3-binary/3.3.2/ipscan_3.3.2_amd64.deb
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.60
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
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Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1596200 (1.5M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ ipscan_3.3.2_amd64.deb’ 

ipscan_3.3.2_amd64. 100%[===================> ]   1.52M   928KB/s    in 1.7s    

2017-11-17 13:05:16 (928 KB/s) - ‘ ipscan_3.3.2_amd64.deb’  saved [1596200/1596200]

Once the file is downloaded, you shall simply install the Angry IP Scannner by triggering the following commnads.

root@linuxhelp11:~# gdebi ipscan_3.3.2_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 fonts-dejavu-extra java-common libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libgif7 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.
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...

Angry IP scanner has been installed, you can go to your Ubuntu dashboard and just type the name of the application, doing which displays the application icon. Click the icon to open Angry IP Scanner.

Once the application is open, you shall give the IP range and click on the Start option.

The result is displayed on the screen.

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

FAQ
Q
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 it works Angry IP Scanner?
A
Angry IP Scanner resolving its hostname, determines the MAC address, scans, ports etc.
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what is the TTL column in scanning results?
A
Initial value was 128 Scanned host is a Windows box The host is 9 routers away from you
Q
What is a TCP port probe?
A
This method tries to connect to some TCP port that is unlikely to be filtered (e.g. 80). If either the connection can be established or TCP RST packet is received (meaning that port is closed
Q
Is the program infected with a virus?
A
Please refer the link as follow "https://angryip.org/faq/virus"