How to Install and Uninstall reaver Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "reaver" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install reaver on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall reaver on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                reaver
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the reaver package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: reaver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.5-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bartosz Fenski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 829
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0)
Recommends: pixiewps
Suggests: aircrack-ng
Filename: pool/universe/r/reaver/reaver_1.6.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 164156
MD5sum: 55210e47962eed1be009c81397ad5595
SHA1: b52a0409e9f4dc9b5768ac9571dd775189710d1b
SHA256: 9a69be7df45b03d4b4a0737404c2207069dfe4753393e6bdf158a8ecea7d74b4
SHA512: 6e8e8743d621eed39bbc009277c7a3f7e5d70830c10bdd1b9526900c8763bfc4ef67a6e78e65f4c8e1705ea21d4e73a5358991ae47e049f84c4761dc35f94a2a
Homepage: https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x
Description-en: brute force attack tool against Wifi Protected Setup PIN number
Reaver performs a brute force attack against an access point's WiFi
Protected Setup pin number.
Once the WPS pin is found, the WPA PSK can be recovered and alternately
the AP's wireless settings can be reconfigured.
Description-md5: c70abce7e7881fde1f10820ab1e59498