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

Last updated: March 04,2025

1. Install "pwdsphinx-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install pwdsphinx-tools on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall pwdsphinx-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 pwdsphinx-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: pwdsphinx-tools
Source: pwdsphinx
Version: 1.0.18-3
Installed-Size: 78
Maintainer: Joost van Baal-Ilić
Architecture: all
Depends: pwdsphinx, python3:any, python3-pysodium, pinentry-curses | pinentry, xdotool, xinput, dmenu
Size: 21848
SHA256: 31b4f6f6b1e00324be942f323cc2d6a6616e5c2d0dd9df973cead7e505522343
SHA1: 347592cd04aff54a3626ac0dc92e62fa69c52e78
MD5sum: 2ccf3bdce26c9dd0f35f61a6d5c1e1c5
Description: SPHINX password storage protocol - tools to integrate into an X11 desktop
SPHINX -- password Store that Perfectly Hides from Itself (No Xaggeration) --
is an information-theoretically secure cryptographic password storage
protocol with strong security guarantees, as described in the 2015 paper
"Device-Enhanced Password Protocols with Optimal Online-Offline Protection" by
Jarecki, Krawczyk, Shirvanian, and Saxena (https://ia.cr/2015/1099).
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This package contains 4 simple scripts which
- wrap the client to query the master password securely using
pinentry: "getpwd",
- a tool "exec-on-click" which executes a command on mouse-click,
- a tool "type-pwd" that combines the two previous tools to insert a
password without using the clipboard,
- and a dmenu wrapper "dmenu-sphinx" that uses all of the above to retrieve
usernames and passwords for given hosts.
Some of these tools can also be used for other password managers,
that are using the clipboard to deliver passwords to the UI.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/stef/pwdsphinx
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pwdsphinx/pwdsphinx-tools_1.0.18-3_all.deb