How To Install sucrack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sucrack

sucrack is:

sucrack is a multithreaded Linux/UNIX tool for cracking local user accounts via wordlist bruteforcing su. This tool comes in handy when you’ve gained access to a low-privilege user account but are allowed to su to other users. Many su implementations require a pseudo terminal to be attached in order to take the password from the user. This can’t be easily achieved with a simple shell script. This tool, written in C, is highly efficient and can attempt multiple logins at the same time.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sucrack

Install sucrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sucrack

Install sucrack 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 sucrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sucrack

How To Uninstall sucrack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sucrack

Uninstall sucrack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sucrack

Remove sucrack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sucrack

Remove sucrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sucrack

Dependencies

sucrack have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• sucrack website

Summary

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