How to Install and Uninstall gitbrute Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gitbrute" package

This is a short guide on how to install gitbrute on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall gitbrute on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gitbrute
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gitbrute package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gitbrute
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0~12-3build3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/vcs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adam Borowski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 77
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libgo16, git
Filename: pool/universe/g/gitbrute/gitbrute_0~12-3build3_amd64.deb
Size: 19316
MD5sum: 659f6db0133acc4b1cd210aed32bbb83
SHA1: 1611f07c537e1f367707eb7d5a94b25d593da015
SHA256: 673cf3390fe7daa926bd6a347141f26385fcb483498265199c2dfe72ff449c27
SHA512: 6c00675ac8453959e23170e2db99d50c4356fd335159f04d495adb27afb1360d980026cea402201e95c13e881ca621adf3380e47a91a743ecbdfed57415b757e
Homepage: https://github.com/bradfitz/gitbrute
Description-en: brute-force a git commit hash
gitbrute brute-forces a pair of author+committer timestamps such that the
resulting git commit has your desired prefix.
Description-md5: c6f26d940cb8628735383c7ba8a818fe