How To Install bomstrip on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bomstrip on Kali Linux. bomstrip is tool to strip Byte-Order Marks from UTF-8 text files

Introduction

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

What is bomstrip

bomstrip is:

Bomstrip is a very simple tool that removes BOM’s (byte-order-marks) from UTF-8 files. UTF-8 does not have byte-ordering issues, so there is absolutely no need to have three bytes (the UTF-8-BOM) that do not say anything about the byte-order (since there is nothing to say).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bomstrip

Install bomstrip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bomstrip

Install bomstrip 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 bomstrip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bomstrip

How To Uninstall bomstrip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bomstrip

Uninstall bomstrip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bomstrip

Remove bomstrip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bomstrip

Remove bomstrip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bomstrip

Dependencies

bomstrip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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