How To Install acccheck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acccheck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is acccheck
acccheck is:
The tool is designed as a password dictionary attack tool that targets windows authentication via the SMB protocol. It is really a wrapper script around the ‘smbclient’ binary, and as a result is dependent on it for its execution.
There are three methods to install acccheck on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install acccheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install acccheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install acccheck
Install acccheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install acccheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install acccheck
Install acccheck 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 acccheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install acccheck
How To Uninstall acccheck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the acccheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove acccheck
Uninstall acccheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall acccheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove acccheck
Remove acccheck Configurations and Data
To remove acccheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge acccheck
Remove acccheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove acccheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acccheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acccheck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
