How To Install bsdiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bsdiff

bsdiff is:

bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically, Larsson and Sadakane’s qsufsort) and taking advantage of how executable files change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller than those produced by .RTPatch (a commercial patch tool).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsdiff

Install bsdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bsdiff

Install bsdiff 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 bsdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bsdiff

How To Uninstall bsdiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bsdiff

Uninstall bsdiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdiff

Remove bsdiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bsdiff

Remove bsdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdiff

Dependencies

bsdiff have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6

References

• bsdiff website

Summary

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