How To Install pyrit-opencl on Debian 10

Learn how to install pyrit-opencl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pyrit-opencl is OpenCL extension module for Pyrit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyrit-opencl on Debian 10.

What is pyrit-opencl

pyrit-opencl is:

This package adds OpenCL capability to Pyrit.

Pyrit allows one to create massive databases, pre-computing part of the WPA/WPA2-PSK authentication phase in a space-time-tradeoff. Exploiting the computational power of many-core- and other platforms through ATI-Stream, Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, and VIA Padlock, it is currently by far the most powerful attack against one of the world’s most used security-protocols.

There are three methods to install pyrit-opencl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pyrit-opencl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pyrit-opencl

Install pyrit-opencl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pyrit-opencl

Install pyrit-opencl 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 pyrit-opencl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyrit-opencl

How To Uninstall pyrit-opencl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pyrit-opencl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyrit-opencl

Uninstall pyrit-opencl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pyrit-opencl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyrit-opencl

Remove pyrit-opencl Configurations and Data

To remove pyrit-opencl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyrit-opencl

Remove pyrit-opencl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyrit-opencl

Dependencies

pyrit-opencl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyrit-opencl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.