How To Install maskprocessor on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is maskprocessor

maskprocessor is:

Maskprocessor is a fast word list generator. It enumerates all combinations from a given user-defined keyspace and outputs the results. Since it supports different alphabets (which also can be combined) at different positions in the generation template (‘mask’), this approach allows a more fine-tunable generation of candidates than using ’naive’ brute force enumeration of words. Masks are defined using the description also used in the Hashcat password recovery utility.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maskprocessor

Install maskprocessor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maskprocessor

Install maskprocessor 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 maskprocessor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maskprocessor

How To Uninstall maskprocessor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove maskprocessor

Uninstall maskprocessor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maskprocessor

Remove maskprocessor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge maskprocessor

Remove maskprocessor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maskprocessor

Dependencies

maskprocessor have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• maskprocessor website

Summary

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