cupp command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

cupp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cupp: command not found

Solutions to cupp: command not found

How To Fix cupp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cupp is provided by cupp package.

cupp is:

CUPP (Common User Passwords Profiler) is a wordlist generator tool that can generate wordlists from information such as a birthday, nickname, address, name of a pet or relative, or a common word such as God, love, money or password.

A weak password might be very short or only use alphanumeric characters, making decryption simple. A weak password can also be one that is easily guessed by someone profiling the user, such as a birthday, nickname, address, name of a pet or relative, or a common word such as God, love, money or password. From a social engineering you can obtain information to use with the CUPP, this way the tool can create a very effective dictionary for brute force attacks or dictionary attacks.

That is why CUPP has born, and it can be used in situations like security penetration tests or forensic crime investigations.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install cupp

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install cupp.

sudo apt -y install cupp

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install cupp

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix cupp command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.