How To Install aesfix on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aesfix on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aesfix
Remove aesfix Configurations and Data
To remove aesfix configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aesfix package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.