How To Install crack-md5 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-md5 on Ubuntu 22.04. crack-md5 is Password guessing program (MD5 variant)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-md5 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is crack-md5

crack-md5 is:

Crack is program designed to quickly locate vulnerabilities in Unix (or other) password files by scanning the contents of a password file, looking for users who have misguidedly chosen a weak login password.

This package provides the runtime files for the MD5 version.

There are three methods to install crack-md5 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 crack-md5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install crack-md5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install crack-md5

Install crack-md5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install crack-md5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install crack-md5

Install crack-md5 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 crack-md5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crack-md5

How To Uninstall crack-md5 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the crack-md5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove crack-md5

Uninstall crack-md5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crack-md5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crack-md5

Remove crack-md5 Configurations and Data

To remove crack-md5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crack-md5

Remove crack-md5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove crack-md5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crack-md5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crack-md5 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.