How To Install crack-md5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-md5 on Kali Linux.

What is crack-md5

crack-md5 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 runtime files for the MD5 version.

There are three methods to install crack-md5 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 crack-md5 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-md5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install crack-md5

Install crack-md5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install crack-md5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install crack-md5

Install crack-md5 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 crack-md5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crack-md5

How To Uninstall crack-md5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the crack-md5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove crack-md5

Uninstall crack-md5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crack-md5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crack-md5

Remove crack-md5 Configurations and Data

To remove crack-md5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crack-md5

Remove crack-md5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove crack-md5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crack-md5

Dependencies

crack-md5 have the following dependencies:

• crack-common
• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• crack-md5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-md5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.