How To Install steghide on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install steghide on Kali Linux. steghide is steganography hiding tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install steghide on Kali Linux.

What is steghide

steghide is:

Steghide is steganography program which hides bits of a data file in some of the least significant bits of another file in such a way that the existence of the data file is not visible and cannot be proven.

Steghide is designed to be portable and configurable and features hiding data in bmp, jpeg, wav and au files, blowfish encryption, MD5 hashing of passphrases to blowfish keys, and pseudo-random distribution of hidden bits in the container data.

Steghide is useful in digital forensics investigations.

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

Install steghide Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install steghide

Install steghide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install steghide using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install steghide

Install steghide Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install steghide

How To Uninstall steghide on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the steghide package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove steghide

Uninstall steghide And Its Dependencies

To uninstall steghide and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove steghide

Remove steghide Configurations and Data

To remove steghide configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge steghide

Remove steghide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge steghide

Dependencies

steghide have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install steghide package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.