How To Install rarcrack on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install rarcrack on Debian 9. rarcrack is Password cracker for rar archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rarcrack on Debian 9.

What is rarcrack

rarcrack is:

This program uses a brute force algorithm to guess your encrypted compressed file’s password.

This program can crack zip,7z and rar file passwords.

There are three methods to install rarcrack on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rarcrack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rarcrack

Install rarcrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rarcrack

Install rarcrack 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 rarcrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rarcrack

How To Uninstall rarcrack on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove rarcrack

Uninstall rarcrack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rarcrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rarcrack

Remove rarcrack Configurations and Data

To remove rarcrack configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rarcrack

Remove rarcrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rarcrack

Dependencies

rarcrack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rarcrack package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.