How To Install hydra-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra-gtk on Kali Linux. hydra-gtk is very fast network logon cracker - GTK+ based GUI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra-gtk on Kali Linux.

What is hydra-gtk

hydra-gtk is:

Hydra is a parallelized login cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack. It is very fast and flexible, and new modules are easy to add.

This tool makes it possible for researchers and security consultants to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized access to a system remotely.

It supports: Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, CVS, FTP, HTTP(S)-FORM-GET, HTTP(S)-FORM-POST, HTTP(S)-GET, HTTP(S)-HEAD, HTTP-Proxy, ICQ, IMAP, IRC, LDAP, MS-SQL, MySQL, NNTP, Oracle Listener, Oracle SID, PC-Anywhere, PC-NFS, POP3, PostgreSQL, RDP, Rexec, Rlogin, Rsh, SIP, SMB(NT), SMTP, SMTP Enum, SNMP v1+v2+v3, SOCKS5, SSH (v1 and v2), SSHKEY, Subversion, Teamspeak (TS2), Telnet, VMware-Auth, VNC and XMPP.

This package provides the GTK+ based GUI for hydra.

There are three methods to install hydra-gtk on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hydra-gtk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hydra-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hydra-gtk

Install hydra-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hydra-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hydra-gtk

Install hydra-gtk Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hydra-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hydra-gtk

How To Uninstall hydra-gtk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hydra-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hydra-gtk

Uninstall hydra-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hydra-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hydra-gtk

Remove hydra-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove hydra-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hydra-gtk

Remove hydra-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hydra-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hydra-gtk

Dependencies

hydra-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydra-gtk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.