How To Install crack-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-common on Debian 11.
What is crack-common
crack-common is:
Crack is program designed to quickly locate vulnerabilities in Unix (or other) password files by scanning the contents of a password file, looking for users who have misguidedly chosen a weak login password.
This package provides the common files for the crypt() and MD5 versions.
There are three methods to install crack-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install crack-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install crack-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install crack-common
Install crack-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install crack-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install crack-common
Install crack-common 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 crack-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install crack-common
How To Uninstall crack-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the crack-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove crack-common
Uninstall crack-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall crack-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove crack-common
Remove crack-common Configurations and Data
To remove crack-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge crack-common
Remove crack-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove crack-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crack-common
Dependencies
crack-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
