# net-tools mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für net-tools in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:net-tools
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install net-tools
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add net-tools
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: net-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install net-tools
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: net-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install net-tools
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: net-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#net-tools
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: net-tools from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S net-tools
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: net-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install net-tools
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: net-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:net-tools
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.10
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Linux networking base tools
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- arp (Alias)
- dnsdomainname (Alias)
- domainname (Alias)
- hostname (Alias)
- ifconfig (Alias)
- ipmaddr (Alias)
- iptunnel (Alias)
- mii-tool (Alias)
- nameif (Alias)
- netstat (Alias)
- nisdomainname (Alias)
- plipconfig (Alias)
- rarp (Alias)
- route (Alias)
- slattach (Alias)
- ypdomainname (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.10
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

net-tools is the legacy Linux networking command set: `ifconfig`, `route`, `netstat`, `arp`, `hostname`, and related utilities from the old NET-3 networking era.

### Projektgeschichte

The project describes itself as the base set of programs for the NET-3 networking distribution for Linux. Its commands became the muscle-memory interface for early Linux network configuration and inspection.

The upstream README now explicitly calls these the legacy tools for controlling the Linux kernel networking subsystem and notes that net-tools is generally considered deprecated, with iproute2 preferred in most cases.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

For years, tutorials, init scripts, diagnostics, and administrator habits used `ifconfig`, `route`, `arp`, and `netstat`. SourceForge still describes the package as used in most Linux distributions, even though many modern distributions steer users toward `ip` and `ss`.

The deprecation history is part of the package's identity: Red Hat's admin guidance attributes the move away from ifconfig/route/netstat to lack of maintenance and the broader capabilities of iproute2, which has been available since the Linux 2.2 era.

Homebrew's Linux-only formula showed 3,074 installs in the 365-day formula window, with 1,484 installs on request. That is consistent with a compatibility package: people install it when old scripts, docs, or habits expect the old command names.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package users install it to get legacy commands on systems where they are absent by default. The most common uses are quick `ifconfig` interface inspection, `route -n` route-table checks, `netstat` socket/process habits, `arp` table inspection, and compatibility with scripts that have not moved to `iproute2`.

Package nerds should treat it as compatibility glue, not the modern Linux networking API. For new scripts, `ip addr`, `ip route`, `ss`, and related iproute2 tools are the better target.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

net-tools is historically important because it froze a generation of Linux networking vocabulary. Its continued packaging is mainly about not breaking workflows and about giving old documentation a working command line.

### Zeitleiste

- NET-3 era: tools become the base Linux networking utility set.
- 2005-08-16: SourceForge project registration date listed on the project page.
- 2009: Debian/Red Hat-linked discussions accelerated public guidance that net-tools was deprecated in favor of iproute2.
- 2026-06-12: SourceForge project page listed a last update date, showing maintenance has not vanished entirely.

### Related projects

- iproute2
- ss
- procps
- ethtool

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/net-tools>
- <https://github.com/ecki/net-tools>
- <https://net-tools.sourceforge.io/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/>
- <https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/deprecated-linux-command-replacements>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - net-tools - 2.10-1.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: net-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | NET-3 networking toolkit | http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- Nix - net-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: net-tools from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - net-tools - 2.10-0.1ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: net-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | NET-3 networking toolkit | http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- apk - mii-tool - 2.10-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mii-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | media-independent interface (MII) tool | https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- apk - net-tools - 2.10-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: net-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux networking base tools | https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- apk - net-tools-dbg - 2.10-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: net-tools-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux networking base tools (debug symbols) | https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- apk - net-tools-doc - 2.10-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: net-tools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Linux networking base tools (documentation) | https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- dnf - net-tools - 2.0-0.79.20160912git.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: net-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Basic networking tools | http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
- pacman - net-tools - 2.10-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: net-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz | Configuration tools for Linux networking | http://net-tools.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - net-tools - 3.14~alpha~git.20260718.4f5bfb2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: net-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Important Programs for Networking | https://github.com/ecki/net-tools
- zypper - net-tools-deprecated - 3.14~alpha~git.20260718.4f5bfb2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: net-tools-deprecated from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Deprecated Networking Utilities | https://github.com/ecki/net-tools
- zypper - net-tools-lang - 3.14~alpha~git.20260718.4f5bfb2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: net-tools-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package net-tools | https://github.com/ecki/net-tools
- Debian apt - hostname - 3.25: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: hostname from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | utility to set/show the host name or domain name
- Ubuntu apt - hostname - 3.23+nmu2ubuntu2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: hostname from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | utility to set/show the host name or domain name
- dnf - hostname - 3.25-5.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: hostname from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utility to set/show the host name or domain name | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hostname
- zypper - hostname - 3.25-1.6: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: hostname from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utility to Set/Show the Host Name or Domain Name | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hostname


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/net-tools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/net-tools.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph