How To Install ophcrack on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ophcrack on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ophcrack
ophcrack is:
Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off using rainbow tables. This is a new variant of Hellman’s original trade-off, with better performance. It recovers 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords in seconds.
It works for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7.
This package contains ophcrack with QT4 based graphical UI. Please note that it can be used in command line as well.
There are three methods to install ophcrack on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ophcrack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ophcrack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ophcrack
Install ophcrack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ophcrack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ophcrack
Install ophcrack 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 ophcrack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ophcrack
How To Uninstall ophcrack on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ophcrack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ophcrack
Uninstall ophcrack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ophcrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ophcrack
Remove ophcrack Configurations and Data
To remove ophcrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ophcrack
Remove ophcrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ophcrack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ophcrack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ophcrack package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
