How To Install libewf-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf-dev on Debian 9.
What is libewf-dev
libewf-dev is:
Libewf is a library with support for reading and writing the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF). This library allows you to read media information of EWF files in the SMART (EWF-S01) format and the EnCase (EWF-E01) format. It supports files created by EnCase 1 to 6, linen and FTK Imager. The libewf is useful for forensics investigations.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libewf-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libewf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libewf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libewf-dev
Install libewf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libewf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libewf-dev
Install libewf-dev 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 libewf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libewf-dev
How To Uninstall libewf-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libewf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libewf-dev
Uninstall libewf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libewf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libewf-dev
Remove libewf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libewf-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libewf-dev
Remove libewf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libewf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libewf-dev
Dependencies
libewf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
