How To Install bulk-extractor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bulk-extractor on Kali Linux.
What is bulk-extractor
bulk-extractor is:
bulk_extractor is a C++ program that scans a disk image, a file, or a directory of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor also creates histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more common tend to be more important.
There are three methods to install bulk-extractor 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 bulk-extractor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bulk-extractor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bulk-extractorInstall bulk-extractor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bulk-extractor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bulk-extractorInstall bulk-extractor 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bulk-extractor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bulk-extractorHow To Uninstall bulk-extractor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bulk-extractor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bulk-extractorUninstall bulk-extractor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bulk-extractor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bulk-extractorRemove bulk-extractor Configurations and Data
To remove bulk-extractor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bulk-extractorRemove bulk-extractor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bulk-extractor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bulk-extractorDependencies
bulk-extractor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bulk-extractor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.