How To Install chntpw on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 chntpw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chntpw

How To Uninstall chntpw on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chntpw

Remove chntpw Configurations and Data

To remove chntpw configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libgcrypt20

References

• chntpw website

Summary

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