How to install Angry IP Scanner from PPA in Ubuntu/Linux Mint


Angry IP Scanner is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner. It is very faster and simple to use platform which scans IP addresses and ports. TCP/IP(Angry IP) network scanner allows users to easily scan IP addresses within any range of your choice via a user-friendly interface. Once Angry IP Scanner detects an active IP address, then it resolves MAC address, hostname, and port/s. The gathered data information can be saved as TXT, CSV, XML or IP-Port list files. This article describes” How to install and use IP scanner in Linux”

Installing Angry IP Scanner

To install Angry IP Scanner in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, open the terminal and access PPA repository using the following command –

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/network

The sample output should be like this –

More info: https://launchpad.net/~upubuntu-com/+archive/ubuntu/network
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpaj4fxqym/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpaj4fxqym/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key E06E6293 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com

gpg: /tmp/tmpaj4fxqym/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E06E6293: public key "Launchpad PPA for upubuntu.com" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:             imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK

Now update the Linux package index by using the following command –

$ sudo apt-get update

The sample output should be like this –

Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [181 B]
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [782 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [1,215 B]
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease [20.9 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [108 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:9 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease [65.9 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [4,035 B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [34.0 kB]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [2,750 B]
Get:13 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [264 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [444 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages [27.9 kB]
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To install IP scanner, use the following command –

$ sudo apt-get install ipscan

The sample output should be like this –

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
   libapache2-mod-php5 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
   linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
   linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
   ca-certificates-java fonts-dejavu-extra java-common libatk-wrapper-java
   libatk-wrapper-java-jni libgconf2-4 libsctp1 lksctp-tools openjdk-7-jre
   openjdk-7-jre-headless tzdata-java
Suggested packages:
   default-jre equivs icedtea-7-plugin icedtea-7-jre-jamvm sun-java6-fonts
   fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei
   ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   ca-certificates-java fonts-dejavu-extra ipscan java-common
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To open IP scanner, use the following command –

$ ipscan

The output should be like this –

To remove angryIP scanner, use the following command –

$ sudo apt-get remove ipscan

The sample output should be like this –

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
   libapache2-mod-php5 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
   linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
   linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
   ipscan
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
After this operation, 3,358 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 251656 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ipscan (3.3.3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
...............................................

Now remove added PPA, use the following command –

$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:upubuntu-com/network

The sample output should be like this –

More info: https://launchpad.net/~upubuntu-com/+archive/ubuntu/network
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel removing it

Now update Linux package index, by using the following command –

$ sudo apt-get update

The sample output should be like this –

Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [108 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [4,035 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [34.0 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease [65.9 kB]
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Congratulations! Now, you know “How to install Angry IP Scanner from PPA in Ubuntu/Linux Mint”. We’ll learn more about these types of commands in our next Linux post. Keep reading!

Updated on: 20-Jan-2020

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