How To Install hashcat-nvidia on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-nvidia on Kali Linux. hashcat-nvidia is Installs hashcat and its dependencies for users with NVIDIA GPU

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-nvidia on Kali Linux.

What is hashcat-nvidia

hashcat-nvidia is:

Hashcat is an advanced CPU/GPU-based password recovery utility supporting seven unique modes of attack for over 100 optimized hashing algorithms.

This metapackage makes it easy to install the required dependencies when you want to use hashcat with your NVIDIA GPU (via OpenCL).

There are three methods to install hashcat-nvidia 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 hashcat-nvidia 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-nvidia using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hashcat-nvidia

Install hashcat-nvidia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hashcat-nvidia

Install hashcat-nvidia 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 hashcat-nvidia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hashcat-nvidia

How To Uninstall hashcat-nvidia on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hashcat-nvidia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hashcat-nvidia

Uninstall hashcat-nvidia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hashcat-nvidia

Remove hashcat-nvidia Configurations and Data

To remove hashcat-nvidia configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hashcat-nvidia

Remove hashcat-nvidia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hashcat-nvidia

Dependencies

hashcat-nvidia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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