How To Install reaver on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reaver
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is reaver
reaver is:
Reaver performs a brute force attack against an access point’s WiFi Protected Setup pin number. Once the WPS pin is found, the WPA PSK can be recovered and alternately the AP’s wireless settings can be reconfigured.
There are three methods to install reaver
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 reaver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reaver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reaver
Install reaver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reaver
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reaver
Install reaver 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 reaver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reaver
How To Uninstall reaver on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the reaver
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reaver
Uninstall reaver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reaver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reaver
Remove reaver Configurations and Data
To remove reaver
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reaver
Remove reaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reaver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reaver
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reaver
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.