How To Install checkpw on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkpw on Kali Linux.

What is checkpw

checkpw is:

checkpw is an implementation of the checkpassword interface that checks a password against a ``.password’’ file in the user’s Maildir. The password file has read and write permissions to the user only.

The code is in the public domain.

The original checkpassword program and interface specification is written by D. J. Bernstein: http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html

There are three methods to install checkpw on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install checkpw Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install checkpw using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install checkpw

Install checkpw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install checkpw using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install checkpw

Install checkpw Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install checkpw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install checkpw

How To Uninstall checkpw on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove checkpw

Uninstall checkpw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall checkpw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove checkpw

Remove checkpw Configurations and Data

To remove checkpw configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge checkpw

Remove checkpw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove checkpw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge checkpw

Dependencies

checkpw have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• checkpw website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkpw package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.