Hydra

van Hauser GitHub: thc-hydra

Download Hydra v9.5.tar.gz

Step 1: Download tarball

Download will be available in $HOME/Downloads directory. Move tarball to appropriate working directory.

Step 2: Extract hydra tarball

tar -xvf thc-hydra-9.5.tar && rm thc-hydra-9.5.tar

cd thc-hydra-9.5

Step 3: Configure and Install hydra

./configure

make

sudo make install

📝 The default installation directory for hydra is /usr/local/bin. sudo permissions are required.

Step 4: Verify xhydra.desktop not installed

This installation pattern does not include the xhydra.desktop application. The /usr/local/share/applications directory should be empty.

ls /usr/local/share/applications

Step 5: Verify hydra installation

hydra -h