How To Install cowpatty on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cowpatty

cowpatty is:

If you are auditing WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK networks, you can use this tool to identify weak passphrases that were used to generate the PMK. Supply a libpcap capture file that includes the 4-way handshake, a dictionary file of passphrases to guess with, and the SSID for the network.

There are three methods to install cowpatty 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 cowpatty Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cowpatty

Install cowpatty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cowpatty

Install cowpatty 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 cowpatty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cowpatty

How To Uninstall cowpatty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cowpatty

Uninstall cowpatty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cowpatty

Remove cowpatty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cowpatty

Remove cowpatty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cowpatty

Dependencies

cowpatty have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• libssl1.1

References

• cowpatty website

Summary

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