How To Install hcxtools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxtools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hcxtools
hcxtools is:
Portable solution for capturing wlan traffic and conversion to hashcat formats (recommended by hashcat) and to John the Ripper formats.
hcx stands for:
- h = hash
- c = capture, convert and calculate candidates
- x = different hashtypes
There are three methods to install hcxtools 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 hcxtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hcxtools
Install hcxtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hcxtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hcxtools
Install hcxtools 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 hcxtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hcxtools
How To Uninstall hcxtools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hcxtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hcxtools
Uninstall hcxtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hcxtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hcxtools
Remove hcxtools Configurations and Data
To remove hcxtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hcxtools
Remove hcxtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hcxtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hcxtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hcxtools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
