How to Install and Uninstall hashcat Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "hashcat" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install hashcat on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                hashcat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hashcat" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall hashcat on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                hashcat
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hashcat package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package hashcat:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : hashcat
Version : 6.2.6-1.4
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 41.3 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : hashcat-6.2.6-1.4.src
Upstream URL : https://hashcat.net/
Summary : CPU-based password recovery utility
Description :
Hashcat is a password recovery utility, supporting seven
unique modes of testing for over 100 optimized hashing algorithms.
GPU Driver requirements:
* AMD GPUs on Linux require "RadeonOpenCompute (ROCm)" Software
Platform (3.1 or later)
* AMD GPUs on Windows require "AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020
Edition" (20.2.2 or later)
* Intel and AMD CPUs require "OpenCL Runtime for Intel Core and
Intel Xeon Processors" (16.1.1 or later)
* NVIDIA GPUs require "NVIDIA Driver" (440.64 or later) and
"CUDA Toolkit" (9.0 or later)