How To Install rephrase on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rephrase

rephrase is:

If you can nearly remember your GnuPG passphrase - but not quite - then Rephrase may be able to help. Tell Rephrase the parts of the passphrase you know, and any number of alternatives for the parts you’re not sure about; and Rephrase will try all the alternatives, in all possible combinations, and tell you which combination (if any) gives you the correct passphrase.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rephrase

Install rephrase Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rephrase

Install rephrase 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 rephrase using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rephrase

How To Uninstall rephrase on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rephrase

Uninstall rephrase And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rephrase

Remove rephrase Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rephrase

Remove rephrase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rephrase

Dependencies

rephrase have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• gnupg

References

• rephrase website

Summary

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