How To Install sipcrack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sipcrack

sipcrack is:

The tools contained in this package offer support for pcap files, wordlists and many more to extract all needed information and bruteforce the passwords for the sniffed accounts.

• sipdump - Dump SIP digest authentications to a file.
• sipcrack - Bruteforce the user password using the dump file generated by sipdump.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sipcrack

Install sipcrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sipcrack

Install sipcrack 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 sipcrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sipcrack

How To Uninstall sipcrack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sipcrack

Uninstall sipcrack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sipcrack

Remove sipcrack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sipcrack

Remove sipcrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sipcrack

Dependencies

sipcrack have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• libssl1.1

References

• sipcrack website

Summary

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