How To Install hashcat-nvidia on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-nvidia on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hashcat-nvidia
hashcat-nvidia is:
Hashcat is an advanced CPU/GPU-based password recovery utility supporting seven unique modes of attack for over 100 optimized hashing algorithms.
This metapackage makes it easy to install the required dependencies when you want to use hashcat with your NVIDIA GPU (via OpenCL).
There are three methods to install hashcat-nvidia on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hashcat-nvidia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hashcat-nvidia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hashcat-nvidia
Install hashcat-nvidia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hashcat-nvidia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hashcat-nvidia
Install hashcat-nvidia 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 hashcat-nvidia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hashcat-nvidia
How To Uninstall hashcat-nvidia on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hashcat-nvidia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hashcat-nvidia
Uninstall hashcat-nvidia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hashcat-nvidia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hashcat-nvidia
Remove hashcat-nvidia Configurations and Data
To remove hashcat-nvidia configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hashcat-nvidia
Remove hashcat-nvidia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hashcat-nvidia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hashcat-nvidia
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hashcat-nvidia package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
