How To Install hcxdumptool on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxdumptool
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hcxdumptool
hcxdumptool is:
Tool to capture wpa handshake from Wi-Fi networks and run several tests to determine if Wi-Fi access points or clients are vulnerable to brute-force atacks.
There are three methods to install hcxdumptool
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 hcxdumptool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxdumptool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hcxdumptool
Install hcxdumptool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxdumptool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hcxdumptool
Install hcxdumptool 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 hcxdumptool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hcxdumptool
How To Uninstall hcxdumptool on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hcxdumptool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hcxdumptool
Uninstall hcxdumptool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hcxdumptool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hcxdumptool
Remove hcxdumptool Configurations and Data
To remove hcxdumptool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hcxdumptool
Remove hcxdumptool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hcxdumptool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hcxdumptool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxdumptool
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.