How to Install and Uninstall hcxtools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "hcxtools" package

Learn how to install hcxtools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hcxtools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hcxtools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall hcxtools 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 hcxtools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hcxtools
Version: 6.2.7-2
Installed-Size: 616
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), ieee-data
Recommends: hcxdumptool
Description: Tools for converting captures to use with hashcat or John the Ripper
Description-md5: c4b2b2f9347bcff46f0f61c71081cac1
Homepage: https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hcxtools/hcxtools_6.2.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 174612
MD5sum: d59270446c297cb4c48e7fb905453e27
SHA256: 5d4b5e5d096673f3a9fc54d8aa343e9c6b48d2acc2052136c96c927be7232507