How To Install cupp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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.

There are three methods to install cupp 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 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 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 cupp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cupp

How To Uninstall cupp on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cupp

Remove cupp Configurations and Data

To remove cupp configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• python3

References

• cupp website

Summary

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