How To Install fcrackzip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fcrackzip

fcrackzip is:

fcrackzip is a fast password cracker partly written in assembler. It is able to crack password protected zip files with brute force or dictionary based attacks, optionally testing with unzip its results. It can also crack cpmask’ed images.

This package is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.

There are three methods to install fcrackzip 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 fcrackzip Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcrackzip

Install fcrackzip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcrackzip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcrackzip

Install fcrackzip 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 fcrackzip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcrackzip

How To Uninstall fcrackzip on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcrackzip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcrackzip

Uninstall fcrackzip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcrackzip

Remove fcrackzip Configurations and Data

To remove fcrackzip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcrackzip

Remove fcrackzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcrackzip

Dependencies

fcrackzip have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fcrackzip website

Summary

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