How To Install rarcrack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rarcrack on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rarcrack
Remove rarcrack Configurations and Data
To remove rarcrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rarcrack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
