How To Install distributed-net on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install distributed-net
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is distributed-net
distributed-net is:
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distributed.net started in 1997 as a project whose purpose was to win a series of contests sponsored by RSA Data Security Inc., to crack their RC5 encryption by brute-force methods. These contests were meant to show governments of nations such as the United States, who limit exports or use of cryptography, that the standards allowed are too weak for general use.
Since this time, distributed.net’s focus has changed from solely cracking RSA’s RC5 and DES projects to working on more diverse distributed computing problems.
The ongoing projects are RC5-72 and Optimal Golomb Rulers (28-mark), the latter of which has practical applications in science. There are also a number of other projects which are either periodic or upcoming. You may choose which project you wish to participate in.
Installing this package will allow unused CPU cycles on your computer to contribute to cracking the code. There should be no noticeable slowdown of your system, since the client runs niced, and only uses CPU time when your computer would otherwise be idle.
There are three methods to install distributed-net
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install distributed-net Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install distributed-net
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install distributed-net
Install distributed-net Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install distributed-net
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install distributed-net
Install distributed-net 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install distributed-net
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install distributed-net
How To Uninstall distributed-net on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the distributed-net
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove distributed-net
Uninstall distributed-net And Its Dependencies
To uninstall distributed-net
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove distributed-net
Remove distributed-net Configurations and Data
To remove distributed-net
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge distributed-net
Remove distributed-net configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove distributed-net
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge distributed-net
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install distributed-net
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.