How To Install cupp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cupp on Debian 9.
What is cupp
cupp is:
CUPP (Common User Passwords Profiler) is a wordlist generator tool that can generate wordlists from information such as a birthday, nickname, address, name of a pet or relative, or a common word such as God, love, money or password.
A weak password might be very short or only use alphanumeric characters, making decryption simple. A weak password can also be one that is easily guessed by someone profiling the user, such as a birthday, nickname, address, name of a pet or relative, or a common word such as God, love, money or password. From a social engineering you can obtain information to use with the CUPP, this way the tool can create a very effective dictionary for brute force attacks or dictionary attacks.
That is why CUPP has born, and it can be used in situations like security penetration tests or forensic crime investigations.
This package install cupp that uses python2.
There are three methods to install cupp on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cupp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cupp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cupp
Install cupp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cupp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cupp
Install cupp 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 cupp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cupp
How To Uninstall cupp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cupp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cupp
Uninstall cupp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cupp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cupp
Remove cupp Configurations and Data
To remove cupp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cupp
Remove cupp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cupp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cupp
Dependencies
cupp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cupp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.