--- title: Install John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool for on Ubuntu - Password security auditing and recovery tool url: https://snapcraft.io/install/john-the-ripper/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool on **Ubuntu** # John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool (john-the-ripper) [Claudio André (claudioandre-br)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/claudioandre-br "View all snaps from Claudio André (claudioandre-br)") * [Claudio André (claudioandre-br)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/claudioandre-br "View all snaps from Claudio André (claudioandre-br)") * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/john-the-ripper/ubuntu#install) #### Password security auditing and recovery tool **John the Ripper** is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix and for Windows. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix systems, supported out of the box are Windows LM hashes, various macOS password hashes, as well as many non-hashes such as SSH private keys, encrypted filesystems such as macOS .dmg files and "sparse bundles", encrypted archives such as ZIP, RAR, and 7z, encrypted document files such as PDF and Microsoft Office's, plus lots of other hashes and ciphers. ### Package name * john-the-ripper --- ### License * GPL-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 31 January 2025 - latest/stable * 29 March 2025 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [www.openwall.com](https://www.openwall.com/john/ "https://www.openwall.com/john/") --- ### Contact * [github.com/openwall/john-packages/issues](https://github.com/openwall/john-packages/issues "https://github.com/openwall/john-packages/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/openwall/john](https://github.com/openwall/john "https://github.com/openwall/john") * [github.com/openwall/john-packages](https://github.com/openwall/john-packages "https://github.com/openwall/john-packages") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/john-the-ripper/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool To install John the Ripper CE Auditing Tool, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install john-the-ripper ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/john-the-ripper/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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