How to Install and Uninstall hcxtools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "hcxtools" package

Please follow the steps below to install hcxtools on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall hcxtools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hcxtools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hcxtools package on Kali Linux

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
Size: 174612
SHA256: 5d4b5e5d096673f3a9fc54d8aa343e9c6b48d2acc2052136c96c927be7232507
SHA1: 41376adce2ffb6fd6de6d586cd81f55ab668bbef
MD5sum: d59270446c297cb4c48e7fb905453e27
Description: Tools for converting captures to use with hashcat or John the Ripper
Portable solution for capturing wlan traffic and conversion to hashcat formats
(recommended by hashcat) and to John the Ripper formats.
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hcx stands for:
- h = hash
- c = capture, convert and calculate candidates
- x = different hashtypes
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hcxtools/hcxtools_6.2.7-2_amd64.deb