How To Install john on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install john on Debian 11.
What is john
john is:
John the Ripper is a tool designed to help systems administrators to find weak (easy to guess or crack through brute force) passwords, and even automatically mail users warning them about it, if it is desired.
Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, plus several more with contributed patches.
There are three methods to install john on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install john Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install john using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install john
Install john Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install john using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install john
Install john 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 john using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install john
How To Uninstall john on Debian 11
To uninstall only the john package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove john
Uninstall john And Its Dependencies
To uninstall john and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove john
Remove john Configurations and Data
To remove john configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge john
Remove john configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove john configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge john
Dependencies
john have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install john package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
