How To Install aesfix on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install aesfix on Kali Linux. aesfix is tool for correcting bit errors in an AES key schedule

Introduction

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

What is aesfix

aesfix is:

This program illustrates a technique for correcting bit errors in an AES key schedule. It should be used with the output of the aeskeyfind program.

It is limited to AES-128 key schedules, and it can only correct unidirectional 1->0 bit errors. For the most part it has been optimized for readability rather than performance.

This package is useful to several activities, as forensics investigations.

There are three methods to install aesfix 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 aesfix Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aesfix

Install aesfix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aesfix

Install aesfix 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 aesfix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aesfix

How To Uninstall aesfix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove aesfix

Uninstall aesfix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aesfix

Remove aesfix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aesfix

Remove aesfix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aesfix

Dependencies

aesfix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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