How To Install pdfcrack on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfcrack on CentOS 7. pdfcrack is A Password Recovery Tool for PDF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfcrack on CentOS 7.

What is pdfcrack

PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files. It is small, command line driven without external dependencies.

We can use yum or dnf to install pdfcrack on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdfcrack.

Install pdfcrack on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pdfcrack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdfcrack

Install pdfcrack on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pdfcrack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdfcrack

How To Uninstall pdfcrack on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pdfcrack

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfcrack on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.