# pdfcrack mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für pdfcrack in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:pdfcrack
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pdfcrack from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: pdfcrack from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pdfcrack from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfcrack/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S pdfcrack
```
Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: pdfcrack from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:pdfcrack
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.21
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** PDF files password cracker
- **Homepage:**
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- pdfcrack (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.21
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
PDFCrack is an open-source command-line tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF files. The official site describes it as small, dependency-free, and intended for GNU/Linux and other POSIX-compatible systems.
### Projektgeschichte
PDFCrack was written by Henning Noren after he lost access to a PDF he owned and wanted to learn more about PDF document security. The official FAQ says the project continued because there was no open-source or free PDF password recovery program that met that need.
The SourceForge project page records the project as registered on 2006-05-26, with GPLv2 licensing, C as the programming language, and a console/terminal user interface.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
PDFCrack became a common package-manager security utility because it is narrow, portable, and easy to build. Its presence across Unix-like package ecosystems reflects the demand for a simple CLI that can run wordlist and brute-force recovery jobs without a larger cracking framework.
### Wie es verwendet wird
The official feature list covers standard security handler revisions 2, 3, and 4, owner and user password recovery, wordlist and brute-force modes, simple permutations, benchmarking, and save/load of running jobs.
The FAQ frames supported use as recovering passwords or content the user owns but has lost access to. It explicitly says PDFCrack is not for changing or overriding copy, print, or permission restrictions.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
For package nerds, PDFCrack is the archetypal tiny security CLI: a single-purpose C tool, no external dependencies, packageable across POSIX systems, and useful in forensics or recovery contexts where a full GPU cracking suite is unnecessary.
### Zeitleiste
- 2006: SourceForge records the project registration date as 2006-05-26.
- 2008: The official website and FAQ show a last modified date of 2008-07-08.
- 2025: SourceForge records a project last update date of 2025-09-14.
### Related projects
- PDFCrack is related by domain to broader password-recovery tools and PDF utilities, but the official project materials present it as a standalone command-line tool for PDF password recovery.
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## Sicherheitshinweise
escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** red / mittel
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- Debian apt - pdfcrack - 0.20-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pdfcrack from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PDF files password cracker | http://pdfcrack.sf.net
- Nix - pdfcrack: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfcrack/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pdfcrack - 0.20-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pdfcrack from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PDF files password cracker | http://pdfcrack.sf.net
- apk - pdfcrack - 0.21-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pdfcrack from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line, password recovery tool for PDF-files. | https://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - pdfcrack - 0.21-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pdfcrack from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A Password Recovery Tool for PDF files | http://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/
- pacman - pdfcrack - 0.21-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pdfcrack from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Password recovery tool for PDF-files | https://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pdfcrack.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pdfcrack.yml)
## Quellen
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph