How To Install randmac on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac on Ubuntu.
What is randmac
randmac is:
randmac prints a random MAC address. This utility has been designed to give random MAC addresses to interfaces of virtual machines (e.g. qemu/kvm)
There are three methods to install randmac on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install randmac Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install randmac
Install randmac Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install randmac using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install randmac
Install randmac Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install randmac using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install randmac
How To Uninstall randmac on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the randmac package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove randmac
Uninstall randmac And Its Dependencies
To uninstall randmac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove randmac
Remove randmac Configurations and Data
To remove randmac configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge randmac
Remove randmac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove randmac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge randmac
Dependencies
randmac have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install randmac package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.