How to Install and Uninstall bruteforce-luks Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "bruteforce-luks" package

This is a short guide on how to install bruteforce-luks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bruteforce-luks
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bruteforce-luks" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall bruteforce-luks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bruteforce-luks
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bruteforce-luks package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bruteforce-luks
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira (aka kretcheu)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bruteforce-luks/bruteforce-luks_1.1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10002
MD5sum: 71f085ca2369524b9b1a9d2146b9b8b5
SHA1: b4cdceb396abe190970effe1ceb97c629c96e21c
SHA256: 922bbcb848460299e97c113832b788bd005537f0de173c6c8767b89577c4eb5b
Description-en: Try to find a password of a LUKS encrypted volume
The program is used to try discovery a password for encrypted LUKS volume used
to security reasons. It works trying decrypt at least one of the key slots by
trying all the possible passwords. It is used in forensics and is especially
useful if you know something about the password (i.e. you forgot a part of your
password but still remember most of it).
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Because of cryptography complexity, crack the password of a LUKS volume without
knowing anything about it would take way too much time (unless the password is
really short and/or weak).
Description-md5: 7200d3fb2c51ec59b9c10d40efe5b1d8
Homepage: https://github.com/glv2/bruteforce-luks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu