How To Install afl-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install afl-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. afl-doc is instrumentation-driven fuzzer for binary formats - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install afl-doc on Debian 10.

What is afl-doc

afl-doc is:

American fuzzy lop is a fuzzer that employs compile-time instrumentation and genetic algorithms to automatically discover clean, interesting test cases that trigger new internal states in the targeted binary.

This package provides the documentation, a collection of special crafted test cases, vulnerability samples and experimental stuff.

There are three methods to install afl-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install afl-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install afl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install afl-doc

Install afl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install afl-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install afl-doc

Install afl-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install afl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install afl-doc

How To Uninstall afl-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the afl-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove afl-doc

Uninstall afl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall afl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove afl-doc

Remove afl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove afl-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge afl-doc

Remove afl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove afl-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afl-doc

Dependencies

afl-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install afl-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.