How To Install cupp3 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cupp3
on Kali Linux.
What is cupp3
cupp3 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 is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install cupp3
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 cupp3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cupp3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cupp3
Install cupp3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cupp3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cupp3
Install cupp3 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 cupp3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cupp3
How To Uninstall cupp3 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cupp3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cupp3
Uninstall cupp3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cupp3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cupp3
Remove cupp3 Configurations and Data
To remove cupp3
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cupp3
Remove cupp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cupp3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cupp3
Dependencies
cupp3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cupp3
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.