How To Install pyrit-opencl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyrit-opencl on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyrit-opencl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
