How to Install and Uninstall aircrack-ng Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the aircrack-ng on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "aircrack-ng" package

Learn how to install aircrack-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "aircrack-ng" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall aircrack-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the aircrack-ng package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: aircrack-ng
Version: 1:1.7-5
Installed-Size: 2391
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ethtool, hwloc, iw, rfkill, usbutils, wireless-tools, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libhwloc15 (>= 2.8.0), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libpcre3, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ieee-data, iproute2
Suggests: gpsd
Description: wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities
Description-md5: 9659071ca811e6a5bba38a9345409ece
Homepage: https://www.aircrack-ng.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
network::scanner, role::program, scope::application, scope::utility,
security::authentication, security::cryptography, use::scanning
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng_1.7-5_amd64.deb
Size: 547212
MD5sum: 79a4c5782d3c0b309d432c625fdd0853
SHA256: 2c128adb6fef5864952205dab30ca361fdc677ea1d3cfce4424790f7cc69bfc6