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Quick installation of hydra:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: hydra
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install hydra
Package Details | |
| Package: | hydra |
| Version: | 7.1-1build1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-hydra/ |
| Description: | Very fast network logon cracker Hydra is a parallized login cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack. New modules are easy to add, beside that, it is flexible and very fast. . This tool gives researchers and security consultants the possiblity to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized access from remote to a system. . Currently this tool supports: TELNET, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP-PROXY, LDAP, SMB, SMBNT, MS-SQL, MySQL, REXEC, SOCKS5, VNC, POP3, IMAP, NNTP, PCNFS, ICQ, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, Cisco AAA (incorporated in telnet module). Homepage: http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-hydra/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/net |
How to install hydra on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If hydra is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L hydra' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L hydra Package `hydra' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing hydra:
After system update use the following command to install hydra:
sudo apt-get install hydra
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove hydra from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the hydra from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the hydra following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove hydra
Following command is used to remove the hydra package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove hydra
This will remove hydra and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing hydra with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge hydra
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove hydra
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with hydra package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
