How To Install ncrack on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncrack on Fedora 34.
What is ncrack
Ncrack is a high-speed network authentication cracking tool. It was built to help companies secure their networks by proactively testing all their hosts and networking devices for poor passwords. Security professionals also rely on Ncrack when auditing their clients. Ncrack was designed using a modular approach, a command-line syntax similar to Nmap and a dynamic engine that can adapt its behaviour based on network feedback. It allows for rapid, yet reliable large-scale auditing of multiple hosts.
We can use yum or dnf to install ncrack on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncrack.
Install ncrack on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ncrack using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncrack
Install ncrack on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ncrack using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncrack
How To Uninstall ncrack on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ncrack package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncrack
ncrack Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ncrack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/ed2787e524e3b8370fc0bcb683b17c3ef9b0fa
/usr/share/doc/ncrack
/usr/share/doc/ncrack/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/ncrack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ncrack
/usr/share/licenses/ncrack/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ncrack.1.gz
/usr/share/ncrack/common.usr
/usr/share/ncrack/default.pwd
/usr/share/ncrack/default.usr
/usr/share/ncrack/jtr.pwd
/usr/share/ncrack/minimal.usr
/usr/share/ncrack/myspace.pwd
/usr/share/ncrack/ncrack-services
/usr/share/ncrack/phpbb.pwd
/usr/share/ncrack/top50000.pwd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncrack on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.