How To Install hashcat-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-data on Debian 12.
What is hashcat-data
hashcat-data is:
Hashcat is an advanced CPU/GPU-based password recovery utility supporting seven unique modes of attack for over 100 optimized hashing algorithms.
This package contains the data files for hashcat, including charsets, rules, salts, tables and Python tools.
There are three methods to install hashcat-data on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hashcat-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hashcat-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hashcat-data
Install hashcat-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hashcat-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hashcat-data
Install hashcat-data 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 hashcat-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hashcat-data
How To Uninstall hashcat-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the hashcat-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hashcat-data
Uninstall hashcat-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hashcat-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hashcat-data
Remove hashcat-data Configurations and Data
To remove hashcat-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hashcat-data
Remove hashcat-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hashcat-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hashcat-data
Dependencies
hashcat-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.