How to Install and Uninstall libpwquality-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpwquality-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libpwquality-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpwquality-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpwquality-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpwquality-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpwquality-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: libpwquality-tools
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.4.5-3
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0)
Recommends: cracklib-runtime
Size: 11204
SHA256: e1d044b041fdd27b29a58d567aeb903e1d7f7e4ad5bbd1d2796ed80404fe8ae9
SHA1: ffa50f080613d7ea315bcb4947d32fe02b4378dd
MD5sum: 72601f429d8ee1d0be2b7d01ff152eaa
Description: tools for password quality checking and generation
libpwquality's purpose is to provide common functions for password
quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. The
library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good
pronounceability.
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Tools for password quality checking and generation.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-tools_1.4.5-3_amd64.deb