How To Install hcxkeys on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxkeys on Debian 12.
What is hcxkeys
hcxkeys is:
Small set of tools to generate plainmasterkeys (rainbowtables) and hashes for the use with latest hashcat and latest John the Ripper.
The package provides two binaries:
- wlangenpmk for CPU calculations.
- wlangenpmkocl for GPU calculations.
In order to use the GPU, the correspondent OpenCL drivers for your GPU model should be installed.
There are three methods to install hcxkeys on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hcxkeys Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxkeys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hcxkeys
Install hcxkeys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxkeys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hcxkeys
Install hcxkeys 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxkeys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hcxkeys
How To Uninstall hcxkeys on Debian 12
To uninstall only the hcxkeys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hcxkeys
Uninstall hcxkeys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hcxkeys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hcxkeys
Remove hcxkeys Configurations and Data
To remove hcxkeys configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hcxkeys
Remove hcxkeys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hcxkeys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hcxkeys
Dependencies
hcxkeys have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxkeys package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
