How To Install chntpw on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chntpw on Debian 10.
What is chntpw
chntpw is:
This little program provides a way to view information and change user passwords in a Windows NT/2000 user database file. Old passwords need not be known since they are overwritten. In addition it also contains a simple registry editor (same size data writes) and an hex-editor which enables you to fiddle around with bits and bytes in the file as you wish.
If you want GNU/Linux bootdisks for offline password recovery you can add this utility to custom image disks or use those provided at the tools homepage.
There are three methods to install chntpw on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chntpw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chntpw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chntpw
Install chntpw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chntpw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chntpw
Install chntpw 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 chntpw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chntpw
How To Uninstall chntpw on Debian 10
To uninstall only the chntpw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chntpw
Uninstall chntpw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chntpw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chntpw
Remove chntpw Configurations and Data
To remove chntpw configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chntpw
Remove chntpw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chntpw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chntpw
Dependencies
chntpw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chntpw package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.