How To Install xlcrack on Fedora 34

xlcrack is Recover lost and forgotten passwords from XLS files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlcrack on Fedora 34.

What is xlcrack

xlcrack recovers lost passwords for XLS files, such as those saved by Excel 95. In order to do this it implements a simple XOR encryption algorithm common to several Microsoft Office applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install xlcrack on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xlcrack.

Install xlcrack 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 xlcrack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xlcrack

Install xlcrack 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 xlcrack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xlcrack

How To Uninstall xlcrack on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xlcrack package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xlcrack

xlcrack Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xlcrack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/5984ea1cc5054ee7a7fb87b0c141947337f4a6
/usr/share/doc/xlcrack
/usr/share/doc/xlcrack/README
/usr/share/licenses/xlcrack
/usr/share/licenses/xlcrack/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlcrack on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.